- Son kills father with pestle in Plateau during disagreement
A man identified as Marcel Udeh from Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State has been nabbed by men of the Nigeria Police for allegedly killing his son.
His son’s offence, according to a community source, was that he returned home and ate the last portion of food in a pot inside the family’s kitchen.
Udeh was reportedly enraged that his late son could enter the kitchen to take food without getting permission from his father.
In anger, he was alleged to have dashed into his room, brought out a gun and fired at his son, leading to the victim’s death.
The suspect was promptly apprehended by members of the community who tied his two hands and placed him on the lifeless body of his child.
Another account of the incident claimed that the suspect used a sharp object on his son, leading to his death.
Udeh, who was begging for mercy, blamed his actions on the devil, saying that he regretted what he did.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of Abia State Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka confirmed that the incident was reported at the Umunneochi Division, adding that the suspect has been arrested.
“Yes, we got a report at Umunneochi Division, the suspect has been arrested and the matter has currently been transferred to the SCID for discreet investigation and will be charged to court afterwards,” the PPRO said.
Son kills father with pestle in Plateau during disagreement
In another development, a 29-year-old man, Joseph Yakubu, has been arrested by the Plateau State Police Command for allegedly killing his father, Yakubu Dalyop, with a pestle.
Yakubu was said to have picked a pestle and hit his father during a disagreement.
This led to the victim’s unconsciousness and eventual death.
The suspect who committed the act in the Anglo-Jos community, Jos South Local Government Area of the state was among other suspects paraded for various offences on Tuesday by the state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Yabanet, at the command’s headquarters in Jos.
The commissioner said, “On 20/02/2024 at about 6pm, information was received at the Anglo-Jos division by a good Samaritan that on 15/02/2024 at about 8pm, one Joseph Yakubu, male, 29yrs of Kambel Anglo-Jos had a minor misunderstanding with his father, one Yakubu Dalyop aged 49 years.
“As a result, the son took a pounding pestle and hit the father on the head. The father became unconscious and was rushed to the Plateau State Specialist Hospital for medical attention.
“Unfortunately, he died on 19/02/2024 at about 1pm while receiving treatment. The suspect has been arrested while the corpse was deposited at the same hospital mortuary.”
The commissioner said the case was still under investigation and the suspect would be charged in court upon conclusion of the investigation.
The commissioner said after studying the security situation in the state, he had designed a new operational template for the command which would flush out criminals from their nests across the state.
He said the application of the new operational strategies within a few weeks in office had started yielding positive results with the arrest of criminals paraded for criminal conspiracy, trespass, disturbance of public peace, kidnapping, and culpable homicide.
He assured the people of adequate protection of their lives and property while soliciting their support and cooperation to achieve the objective.
