A 38-year-old man, Mathew Ifeanyi, has reportedly killed his old father due to N70,000.
The So-Safe Corps in Ogun State said it had arrested the man after hacking his father to death with a machete.
The Commander of the So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, on Wednesday, said that the incident happened on Tuesday, August 29, at 11 Ibikunle Street, Diamond Estate, along Olorunda Area, Ntabo, Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area.
According to Ganzallo, one Superintendent Alabi Gafar, the Divisional Officer of the Corps at Alade/Atago/Ntabo Divisional Command, had got information that “a middle-aged man had been attacking his biological father with a cutlass.”
Ganzallo noted that the patrol team were immediately deployed “to rescue the helpless parent, Anthony Nnadike, 100 years, and to get the son arrested.”
“Sadly, on getting to the scene, the victim was rushed down to the nearest general hospital due to the injury sustained and in a critical condition, until he was later confirmed dead by the doctor.”
Ganzallo disclosed that after resisting arrest, the son was later apprehended and interrogated.
During the preliminary investigation, he hinted that the suspect “said that the inability of his father to refund the sum of N70,000:00 he entrusted his father with since July 22, 2022” was the reason for his action.
Kemi Filani News learnt that the suspect had been transferred to the Sango Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.