He added that the route he was driving on when his son was shot serves as a short-cut to the main lane.
Kehinde was killed on Tuesday in the Gbagi area of Ibadan after a police officer shot at his father’s car.
The Oyo police command had said after he was caught driving against traffic.
In a video, Alade was seen manoeuvring his car in an attempt to resist being stopped by a joint team of police officers and officials of the Oyo State Traffic Management Authority (OYTMA).
A police corporal then fired live rounds to immobilise the vehicle. However, Kehinde, who was seated behind the car with his twin brother, was hit in the abdomen.
Explaining what transpired in an Alade said he was not violating the one-way traffic rule because the route he was plying was a stone’s throw from his intended lane.
“I was taking the children to school yesterday morning and at the entrance of my junction, there is maybe a stone’s throw, not up to one pole or two poles, to where we just follow and then branch to normal way,” Alade said.
“To my surprise, I saw OYTMA. They came and blocked me, even hit my vehicle and I had to reverse to bypass them.
“I don’t know. I won’t say one-way because the place is a very short distance. To them, they said I followed one-way and I let them know that this is the road all the neighbourhood use. It’s a very short distance to the main junction.”
Asked why he did not stop when he was cornered by the security officials, Alade said he did not want his son to be late for the WASSCE test.
“You know how Nigerian government works. If you’re on your own, once you fall into their traps… and moreover, the elder brother of the deceased was supposed to be writing WASSCE yesterday,” he added.
“He was having 8:30am WAEC paper yesterday and if I should stop, they would have delayed the boy. That was why I had to maneuvere my way.”
Alade added that he heard the gunshot but did not stop until his deceased son began screaming in pains.
Afterwards, the deceased’s twin brother relayed that Kehinde had been hit.
“I can’t really say, it’s only God that knows the situation of things,” Alade said when asked if he thought the situation could have been averted.
He said his late son wanted to become a lawyer and had quit the science class at the beginning of the second term.
