Oyo teenager kills his father and his mother arrested for hiding a crime
Oyo State Police Command paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father.
The suspect's mother, Rashidat, was also arrested for covering up the crime.
Parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan on Friday, state police public relations officer Adewale Osifeso said the incident happened at Tede, in the Atisbo local government area of the state.
Osifeso said: "On Friday, April 21, 2023, at around 8 a.m., a Taofeek Adeagbo from Somola area, Tede, reported to Tede Divisional Police Headquarters that the same around 6:30 a.m., his nephew, Ismail Adeagbo, came to inform him that when he woke up around 6 a.m., he found his father, Jimoh Adeagbo, lying dead where he was sleeping inside the 'pregnant with a serious mark of violence on the forehead."
He said the preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect hit his father on the head with an iron bar while he slept, resulting in his death.
The suspect allegedly confessed to the crime.
“He further confessed that his mother, Rashidat Adeagbo, knew that he had killed his father and concealed the information. The said Rashidat Adeagbo has also been arrested,” Osifeso added.
However, in an interview with our correspondent, Rashidat said she woke up to see her husband's lifeless body on the floor.
She said, "I woke up the children for Islamic prayers early in the morning and saw my husband's dead body on the floor. I raised the alarm and people gathered in our compound. Taofeek had come out to inform his family members of his father's death.
"I had seven children for my late husband, even if we normally argued, I would never wish him dead. The family members reported the case to the police station.< /p>
"A combined police team asked for all the children but I thought Taofeek hadn't returned, only to find he was hiding under the bed. I asked him if he knew about his father's death and he confessed to the crime,” she said.
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Oyo State Police Command paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father.
The suspect's mother, Rashidat, was also arrested for covering up the crime.
Parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan on Friday, state police public relations officer Adewale Osifeso said the incident happened at Tede, in the Atisbo local government area of the state.
Osifeso said: "On Friday, April 21, 2023, at around 8 a.m., a Taofeek Adeagbo from Somola area, Tede, reported to Tede Divisional Police Headquarters that the same around 6:30 a.m., his nephew, Ismail Adeagbo, came to inform him that when he woke up around 6 a.m., he found his father, Jimoh Adeagbo, lying dead where he was sleeping inside the 'pregnant with a serious mark of violence on the forehead."
He said the preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect hit his father on the head with an iron bar while he slept, resulting in his death.
The suspect allegedly confessed to the crime.
“He further confessed that his mother, Rashidat Adeagbo, knew that he had killed his father and concealed the information. The said Rashidat Adeagbo has also been arrested,” Osifeso added.
However, in an interview with our correspondent, Rashidat said she woke up to see her husband's lifeless body on the floor.
She said, "I woke up the children for Islamic prayers early in the morning and saw my husband's dead body on the floor. I raised the alarm and people gathered in our compound. Taofeek had come out to inform his family members of his father's death.
"I had seven children for my late husband, even if we normally argued, I would never wish him dead. The family members reported the case to the police station.< /p>
"A combined police team asked for all the children but I thought Taofeek hadn't returned, only to find he was hiding under the bed. I asked him if he knew about his father's death and he confessed to the crime,” she said.
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