Son allegedly hacks his 60-year-old father to death
Kingsley Ohens reporting
A 19-year-old man identified as Abba Yusuf, allegedly stabbed his 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, to death in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
The incident happened at the weekend at Sarkin-Noma quarters at about 8.30 p.m.
The elder brother of the deceased, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammed Bala, who spoke to the press said he was at his residence when his sister called him.
“When my sister called me, she said our brother has been killed by his son. I quickly ran to my brother’s residence and only to be told he has been moved to a hospital,” he said.
Bala said the suspect has been handed over to the police.
He also revealed that the mother of the suspect and her other two children have absconded.
