Oh dear! A medical
student identified as Olusoji, has been arrested by Ondo State Police Command
for allegedly killing his 86-year-old father, High Chief Clifford
Olumekun,
with an axe.
The suspect
allegedly carried out the act at the deceased’s residence at No. 1, Okeraye
Street, Idepe in Okitipupa area of Ondo State.
What went wrong?
What led a son to such level of 'madness'?
The state Police
Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph, said the reason the suspect killed his
father had not yet been determined as of Friday as he was still being
interrogated.
He told Punch, “The
incident happened on January 2, 2017, and we have arrested the suspect. We are
still interrogating him to know why he carried out such an act.”
A source said that
immediately after killing his father, the suspect allegedly wrapped the
deceased’s remains with a cloth and cleaned the blood stains in the room.
Another member of
the deceased’s family said the dad was a highly placed chief in the community.
“He is the head of
our family and even a kingmaker. He is an Ijama, one of the most senior chiefs
in the community. He and the son had been having a running battle over family
issues in recent times, but nobody believed that he could resort to killing his
father.
“Olusoji is about 26
years old and he is a son of the man’s last wife. He had many wives. Many of
our family members believe that he was forced through some diabolical means to
kill his father. But I think something triggered the boy. He could have had
some mild mental illness we did not know about.
“Many times in the
past, he had harrased the man to the point that it became an issue in the
family. We don’t know whether it was because of money issue or not.”
The Punch learnt
that the suspect’s mother and sister, both nurses, were around during the
attack.
The mother is also
said to be in police custody while the sister has fled. There are accusations that
the sister helped the suspect to clean up the blood.
Olusoji was said to
have also fled the town immediately after committing the crime.
Another source in
the family said, "When the family members got into the room, they noticed
the remnants of bloodstains that were hurriedly cleaned on the floor of the
room.
“They also found out
that bloodstains that were supposed to be on the deceased’s body had been
carefully cleaned and his corpse was wrapped in a big cloth.
The source added
that the family immediately consulted the oracle to expose the killer but the
suspect who had earlier allegedly fled the town showed up and confessed to the
crime. He was later handed over to the police.
Olusoji has been
detained at the State CID for further investigation.
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