A 32-year-old man, Sunday Abilewa, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing his father, Abu Abilewa.
Sunday allegedly strangulated his father after the deceased turned down his request to purchase him a bike.
The incident, in line with the police, occurred on December 31, 2024, at Eberi quarters, Isua Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko South East Native Authorities Space of the state.
Sunday was arraigned earlier than amagistrates court docket in Akure on Friday, and he was remanded in a correctional centre for alleged homicide.
The prosecutor, Inspector Abdulateef Suleiman, knowledgeable the court docket that the defendant approached his father to purchase him a brand new bike, however the deceased refused.
“This led to an argument, and within the course of, the defendant grabbed the neck of his father, which resulted within the deceased’s demise. Efforts of the defendant’s mom to rescue the deceased proved abortive because the defendant was beneath the affect of exhausting medication,” he stated.
He stated the incident led to Abdulateef’s demise.
In accordance with the prosecutor, the offence contravened Part 316 and punishable beneath Part 319 of the Prison Code, Cap 37, Vol.II, Legal guidelines of Ondo State, 2006.
Nonetheless, Sunday’s plea was not taken as a result of the Justice of the Peace court docket lacked jurisdiction to entertain the homicide case.
The prosecutor urged the court docket to remand the defendant in a custodial centre, pending the end result of recommendation from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In her ruling, the Justice of the Peace, Mrs F.A. Akinboboye, ordered that Sunday be remanded in jail custody pending receipt of recommendation from the DPP’s workplace.
She adjourned the case until February 25, 2025, for point out.
