Son Kills Father With Hoe For Hating Him

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 29-year-old man, Mizanmi Abubakar, for killing his father with a hoe in Minna, the state capital.

The incident occurred in the Barkin-Sale area of Minna on Sunday with the victim, Abubakar Adawa 65 years old.

The accused also allegedly killing his father, also severed the body and buried him in a shallow grave within their compound.

The deceased had earlier been declared missing by members of his family who went to the Kpakungu Divisional Police area to register their complaints.

The Police, after receiving the complaint, swung into action immediately and eventually unravelled the misery surrounding the sudden disappearance of the deceased from the house.

The State Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, said the police on Tuesday, at about 10 a.m., received information that one Abubakar Adawa, 65yrs was missing from his house in Barkin-Sale area of Minna.

He said Police operatives attached to the Division led by the DPO visited the house and later invited one Mizanmil Abubakar, 29yrs, son of the deceased and Aisha Abubakar, the mother, for interrogation.

The PPRO said: “The whole compound was thoroughly searched and surprisingly, the severed body of the missing person was discovered buried in a shallow grave within the compound.”

The suspect said during interrogation by the Police, according to the PPRO, confessed that he used a hoe to hack his father down until he was lifeless.

“I killed my father because he had much hatred for me and I used a hoe to kill him and also severed his body into parts before he was hurriedly buried in a shallow grave within the compound,” son of the deceased confessed to the Police.

Abiodun said preliminary investigation was ongoing at the Division and that the suspect would soon be transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and diligent prosecution.