The story of a young, possibly troubled man, currently cooling off in police detention for allegedly killing his father and stabbing his mother, who is in critical condition.
24-year-old Rotimi, who has lived in Ireland since he was 7, was brought back to Nigeria after he refused to go to school and had delved into a life of drugs.
On Sunday, December 4, he finalised plans to kill both parents in their Magodo home. He snuck up on his father who had gone to urinate early that morning, armed with a knife, commanded him to lie on his chest before stabbing him on the back.
His mother, who heard the noise, came to the scene to see what was happening and equally got stabbed. Thinking both parents were dead, he proceeded to cover them with a piece of cloth. The killer then proceeded to have a bath, dressed up, took his father’s phones and ATM cards and headed to a fuel station owned by his late father. On getting to the station, he began to harass the manager for money.
He was later arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Departmen, Panti for further interrogation. A police source confirmed that the suspect will be charged to court soon.
The young man’s mother is currently receiving treatment at a Lagos general hospital, while his late father has been buried in his hometown in Ila-Orangun, Osun State. He was aged 59.
A family source revealed that the young man was having issues with his parents over his refusal to go to school. He is the third of the family’s three boys. The late father, owned a petrol station called ”BBR” situated at Palm Avenue, Mushin, Lagos.
