Son remanded for hacking father to death in Kwara

A 23-year-old man, Saidi, has been remanded for allegedly hacking his father to death with a cutlass. The deceased, Chief Musa Elemoshos, is the Elemosho of Shareland in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State. The defendant (Saidi) was brought before Magistrate Muhammed Dasuki for a one-count offence of culpable homicide. According to the First Information Report […]

A 23-year-old man, Saidi, has been remanded for allegedly hacking his father to death with a cutlass.

The deceased, Chief Musa Elemoshos, is the Elemosho of Shareland in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State. The defendant (Saidi) was brought before Magistrate Muhammed Dasuki for a one-count offence of culpable homicide.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), Saidi claimed “that his father was abusing him without any reason while in the sitting room.

 “Saidi got annoyed as a result of his father’s unpleasant words and attacked him with a cutlass on the head, hitting him severally till he died and later escaped to a mountain in Share,” the sheet added.

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The police prosecutor, Sergeant Abdullah Sanni, told the court that the matter is not ordinarily bailable.

He urged the court to consider the motion exparte attached to the FIR and order the defendant’s remand in the correctional facility.

Magistrate Dasuki, in his short ruling, ordered Saidi’s remand and adjourned to January 9, 2024.