From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
IGP Usman Alkali Baba
A suspected 21 year old drug addict identified as Muhammed Yusuf has beaten his father to death in Kogi State.
The incident happened at the back of St Mary Primary School, Lokoja Kogi State on Wednesday evening.
The deceased identified as Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf in an investigation conducted by newsmen is in his late 70’s.
It was gathered that the suspect is a secondary school holder who had vehemently rejected his late father’s persuasion to further his education.
An witness who identified her name as Bello Nana gave an account of the incident; “I am their neighbor The boy has been misbehaving since yesterday morning and I had to persuade his father that we should go to barrack and get soldiers to pick him up.
” I left for work around 4pm yesterday and closed by 10pm. When I came home, I was knocked at the gate, but nobody opened it. Then I called on baba to open the door for me but the boy replied that baba was not around.
” I asked him where had baba been to? He did not answer. I know that baba does not go out when it is six o’clock. He always locked his door. Then I gained access into the compound and I saw the boy in baba’s room. I was surprised because I know that Baba does not normally allow him to enter his room. Immediately I called my fiancee, told her that this boy has killed his father because what he doing in baba’s room was unclear to me.
“Curious, we then called baba’s phone and it answered switched off. I now had to go the police station, and we came with SARS to arrest him. We were proved right because when we entered the room, we found baba in a pool of blood but he was still breathing, that was how we rushed him to the hospital. This morning, (Thursday) we heard the news that baba was dead.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) DSP William Ovye Aya confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday.
Aya said he is yet to get details of the incident.
The suspect is in custody of the Nigeria Police Force, A Division Lokoja Kogi State.
