The police at Oko Oba Police Station Lagos, South west,
Nigeria are trying to unravel what led a middle-aged man identified as Oluyinde
Ibrahim to stab his mother to death.
Nigeria are trying to unravel what led a middle-aged man identified as Oluyinde
Ibrahim to stab his mother to death.
The incident PM News learnt happened on Friday morning at
their residence No. 3 Bunmi Christopher Close, Off Arowolo Street, Abule Egba,
a suburb of Lagos State.
their residence No. 3 Bunmi Christopher Close, Off Arowolo Street, Abule Egba,
a suburb of Lagos State.
According to a resident, Ibrahim who is a barber usually
comes to visit his mother but that when he came visiting about a week ago he
did not return until Friday when he decided to take his mother’s life.
comes to visit his mother but that when he came visiting about a week ago he
did not return until Friday when he decided to take his mother’s life.
Speaking further, the source said: “I went to bath when I heard
the old woman shouting for help that her son wanted to kill her.”
the old woman shouting for help that her son wanted to kill her.”
He said he rushed out to discover that the door was locked
from the inside and that he knocked and asked Ibrahim to open the door but the
lad refused.
from the inside and that he knocked and asked Ibrahim to open the door but the
lad refused.
He said he tried to see what was going on in the room
through the window. “I saw blood stains on the hand of Ibrahim,” he told PM
News.
through the window. “I saw blood stains on the hand of Ibrahim,” he told PM
News.
“As at the time he opened the door, he ran through the
backyard and escaped.
backyard and escaped.
“Other tenants who went inside the room saw the lifeless
body of the woman. He had stabbed her on the neck severally,” the eyewitness
explained.
body of the woman. He had stabbed her on the neck severally,” the eyewitness
explained.
The matter was reported at Oko Oba Police Station and the
Police launched a manhunt for the fleeing Ibrahim who was eventually arrested
Saturday morning.
Police launched a manhunt for the fleeing Ibrahim who was eventually arrested
Saturday morning.
He is helping the police with their investigation.
When PM News contacted the divisional Police Officer DPO in
charge of Oko Oba Police Superintendent of Police, SP Bukoye, he declined to
comment on the case and directed our reporter to the Lagos State Police, PRO,
Dolapo Badmus, who is yet to brief the media.
charge of Oko Oba Police Superintendent of Police, SP Bukoye, he declined to
comment on the case and directed our reporter to the Lagos State Police, PRO,
Dolapo Badmus, who is yet to brief the media.
The children of the deceased who hails from Abeokuta were
said to have come to her house to pack some of her paraphernalia.
said to have come to her house to pack some of her paraphernalia.
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