A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure Ondo State has remanded a 32-year-old Sunday Abilewa, in Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly killing his 68-year-old father.
Abilewa was arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command and charged to court for murder.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Abdulateef Suleiman, told the court that Abilewa, on December 31, 2024, at about 5:pm, at Eberi quarters, Isua Akoko, Ondo State, allegedly caused the d3ath of his father, Abu Abilewa, by strangling him to death.
“The defendant allegedly approached the deceased to buy him a new motorcycle, but the deceased refused. It led to an argument, and in the process, the defendant grabbed the neck of his father, which resulted in his d3ath. Efforts of the defendant’s mother to rescue the deceased proved abortive as the defendant was under the influence of hard drugs,” Suleiman said.
He said the offence contravened Section 316 and was punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol.II, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
However, the prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant to a custodial centre, pending the outcome of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The Magistrate, Mrs F.A. Akinboboye, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that he should be remanded in custody pending receipt of advice from the DPP’s office.
Adeboboye adjourned the case till February 25, 2025, for mention.
