The police in Ogun has arrested one Babatunde Olagesin for allegedly hacked his father, Taiwo Olagesin, to death with a cutlass.
It was gathered that a tense argument broke out between the father and son on Monday, May 6, 2019 in their residence in the Ijoko area of Ogun State.
The suspect had wanted to leave home for Oshodi, Lagos State, around 6am, but was prevented by his father, who insisted that he (son) would accompany him somewhere.
Taiwo reportedly brought out a cutlass to scare him into complying with is directives.
But Babatunde was said to have struggled to collect the cutlass from his father, using it to cut his father in the stomach in the process.
According to a police source, “The boy had a misunderstanding with his father. He said he wanted to go to Oshodi to ‘hustle’ (make money), but his father said he needed to follow him somewhere. The suspect claimed that his father brought out a cutlass to scare him and locked the doors leading outside.
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“They started struggling with each other to get hold of the cutlass. He claimed he did not know when the cutlass pierced his father’s stomach. Before people could separate them, the father had slumped and started bleeding. He gave up the ghost before he could get medical care at the hospital. The suspect was about 30 years old.”
A resident of the diseased neighbourhood, who gave his name only as Seun, said the tragedy could have been averted if Babatunde’s mother was at home that day.
He said, “I was not around when the incident happened. It was when I returned from work in the evening that I learnt about it. From what I learnt, he always had problems with his father. His mother who usually cautioned him was not at home on the day the incident happened. The father had asked him to follow him somewhere but he insisted that he was going to Oshodi to work, which led to a fight. He hacked his father to death with a cutlass.”
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