A 27 years old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, has been arrested by the police for killing his biological father.
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters of police in Ogun State by one Abiodun Sunday, a neighbour of the deceased.
According to the spokesman of the Ogun State police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the neighbour reported that the deceased, Mumuni Ibrahim, a night security man, came home and met his son still sleeping.
He said when the deceased asked queried his son for still sleeping at the time of the day, the suspect got annoyed, brought out a cutlass and macheted his father, cutting him in five different places.
Oyeyemi said upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Onipanu division, CSP Bamidele Job, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was arrested and victim rushed to General Hospital for treatment.
The suspect, who is suspected to be a cultist, the police spokesman said, had no reasonable explanation for his action when interrogated.
On the Thursday, the victim gave up the ghost while receiving treatment at general hospital, and the family insisted on burying him according to the dictate of his religion.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
