A 41-year-old man appeared before an
Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court
for allegedly killing his aged father,
Lagos, Southwestern Nigeria.
Yusuf Akinbiyi, the accused, and 86-
year-old Agboola Akinbiyi, the defeated,
were living together at Madon village,
Ijede Ikorodu, Lagos. Moreover, Akinbiyi
had no job and was dependent on his
father.
A bloodcurdling incident happened on
May 21 at about 11.05 p.m. at the
deceased’s residence. The father's
unwillingness to sell the land belonging
to him sparked the argument that
resulted in his own death.
It was gathered that on the money
raised from the sale of land the younger
Akinbiyi was going to travel abroad but
his father was strongly against this
idea.
When an amicable way of persuading did
not work, the Yusuf Akinbiyi brutally
beat the old man with his hands and
covered his mouth and nose with pillow
till the man stopped breathing.
After a while the accused was arrested
on suspicion of premeditated murder.
The body of the deceased had been
deposited at the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital mortuary
for autopsy.
The accused is facing a one-count
charge of murder, as the offence
contravened Section 221 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The magistrate, Miss A.O Komolafe,
ordered that the accused be kept in
prison custody pending legal advice
from the Lagos State Director of Public
Prosecutions. The court did not take the
plea of the accused and the case was
adjourned till August 11 for mention.
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