Boy kills father; mother detained for covering up the crime in Oyo

An 18-year-old man named Taofeek Adeagbo has been paraded by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly killing his father.

Rashidat, the mother of the suspect, was also detained for covering up the crime.

The incident took place at Tede, Atisbo Local Government Area of the state, according to state police public relations officer Adewale Osifeso, who paraded the accused with 23 other people in Ibadan on Friday.

Osifeso said, “On Friday, 21 April, 2023, around 8am, one Taofeek Adeagbo of Somola area, Tede, reported at the Tede Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same day around 6.30am, his nephew, Ismail Adeagbo, came to inform him that when he woke up around 6am, he met his father, Jimoh Adeagbo, lying dead where he was sleeping inside the compound with a serious mark of violence on his forehead.”

According to him, a preliminary investigation showed that the suspect killed his father by striking him in the head with an iron rod while he was sleeping.

According to reports, the suspect confessed to the crime.

“He confessed further that his mother, Rashidat Adeagbo, was aware that he killed his father and concealed the information. The said Rashidat Adeagbo was also arrested,” Osifeso added.

Rashidat, however, claimed in an interview with our journalist that when she awoke, she discovered her husband’s lifeless body on the floor.

She said, “I woke up the children for the early morning Islamic prayers only to see the lifeless body of my husband on the floor. I raised the alarm and people gathered in our compound. Taofeek had gone out to inform family members of the demise of his father.

“I had seven children for my late husband even though we normally quarreled, I would never wish him dead. The family members reported the case at the police station.

“A combined team of the police asked for all the children but I thought Taofeek had not come back, only to discover that he was hiding under the bed. I asked him whether he knew anything about the death of his father and he confessed to the crime,” she said.