yesterday in Oyo as a man slaughtered his own father to death. There was an
eerie feeling in the town when the news broke as people trooped to the house,
located in Ladigbolu area to behold the unusual spectacle.
Tragedy had struck
in the early hours of the day at Ladigbolu area in Lhe Oyo-West local
government area of Oyo State, when a middle-aged son slaughtered his father to
death like a ram.
The deceased, whose
name was given as Olanipekun, was said to have retired recently as the
Headmaster of L. A. Township School, Idi-Ope.
Confirmed sources
said that the son had mental illness and had been receiving, treatment and
living in the same house with his father.
He was said to be
responding to treatment, and has never created any problem for his family.
But on the
ill-fated day, the mentally-deranged son was said to have received his drug as
usual and went back to sleep, because he woke up very early. While the deceased
father was dressing up after taking his bath, sources said his child suddenly
woke up where he slept and started shouting at his father.
While efforts by
the father to pacify him failed, the mentally ill child gripped his father and
pushed him to the wall. The father, it was learnt fell on the ground helplessly
and lost consciousness.
“Before the
father could regain consciousness, the mentally deranged son went
for a sharp knife and slaughtered his father. It was the screaming of the
father that attracted neighbours who rushed to the scene only to find the
father slaughtered and in a pool of his own blood.
As if unaware of
what he had done or perhaps awaiting a prize for his dastardly action, the son who slaughtered his
father still stood dazed beside the deceased until police came and arrested
him. “He didn’t run away,” a neighbour said.
When The Nigerian
Compass on Saturday visited the residence of the deceased, his corpse was said
to have been removed to an unknown hospital mortuary after the police had
visited the scene.
Many of the
residents and neighbours were weeping profusely over the murder of
Mr.Olanrewaju, who was described as a “kind-hearted gentleman.”
One of the early
callers to the deceased’s residence, Mr. Adediran, the incumbent Headmaster of
L A Township School, Idi-Ope, who broke down in tears also described his
predecessor as “hardworking, honest, and caring father”.
