Man,18, who killed father and mother who concealed crime arrested

The Oyo State Police Command has paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father.

His mother, Rashidat Adeagbo was also arrested and paraded with him for concealing the crime.

Both son and mother were among the 23 paraded in Ibadan on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso. He confirmed that the incident occurred in Tede, Atisbo Local Government Area of the state.

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According to Osifeso, “On Friday, 21 April, 2023, around 8am, one Taofeek Adeagbo of Somola area, Tede, reported at the Tede Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same day around 6.30am, his nephew, Ismail Adeagbo, came to inform him that when he woke up around 6am, he met his father, Jimoh Adeagbo, lying dead where he was sleeping inside the compound with a serious mark of violence on his forehead.”

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect struck his father in the head with an iron rod when he was sleeping, leading to his death.

The suspect was said to have confessed to the crime.