Son kills father, Police confirm
(Nigeria) The Police in Sokoto State on Tuesday confirmed
the murder of a 56-year-old man, Mallami
Aliyu, by his 25-year-old son on Sunday.
The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, El-Mustapha
Sani, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Sokoto.
Sani said that the incident happened about 2a.m on Sunday.
``The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at the
Kofar Marke area of Sokoto city in Sokoto North Local Government Area. The
25-year-old ... allegedly killed and buried his 56-year-old father, Mallami
Aliyu,’’ he said.
Sani said the suspect had been arrested.
``The boy is in detention though we discovered that he was
intoxicated and is not himself at the moment. We are waiting for him to regain
his consciousness before further investigation," he said.
Narrating the incident, the pregnant wife of the deceased
and mother of the suspect, Malama Fatima Aliyu, said ``it all happened on
Sunday night at about 2a.m.’’
She said the suspect ``met his father on that fateful night
at 2a.m, saying his Nafilat (non-obligatory) prayers and threatened to kill
him".
The bereaved mother said that no sooner had her son
threatened his father, he brought out
his machete and struck his father's on the head.
``Bello macheted his father until he was dead before he took
the corpse and buried it within the vicinity," she said.
It was learnt that the deceased was an employee of the
Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
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