A 23-year-old Ibrahim Hassan has been arrested by State Police Command for allegedly hacking his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim to death, and disposed the deceased of ATM and money.
The suspect is said to have committed the crime at Ajibesin area, along Okolowo, Ilorin. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, made this known in a statement yesterday.
“On August 5, 2022, one Aishat Ibrahim reported a case of missing person, (her father), one Sabi Ibrahim, a 90-year-old retired army corporal to the police Command,” Ajayi said.
According to the PPRO, the deceased disappearance elicited suspicion, hence the resolve of the Command to get to the root of the matter. He added that investigation into the matter led to the arrest of Ibrahim Hassan, a biological son of the missing old man.
“During investigation, the suspect confessed to have administered paracetamol injection mixed with other substances on his father, who became weak and dizzy immediately after the injection.
“This he did after coming from the bank where he took his father to renew and collect his ATM card.
“He took the father on a motorcycle he borrowed to convey his father to an isolated, uncompleted building and strangulated his father to death.
“He dug a shallow grave where he buried his father after dispossessing him of the Wema Bank ATM card they went to the bank to collect.
“He escaped to Kaduna state and started withdrawing from his late father’s account, he withdrew a total sum of N59,000.
“He stated further that the purpose of killing his father was to dispossess him of the ATM card since he already know the pin.
“He also sold the borrowed motorcycle and eloped to Kaduna state where he was eventually arrested.
“The ATM card and the stolen motorcycle have been recovered. Suspect would soon be charged to court,” Ajayi stated.
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