The police in Lagos State have arrested a barber for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in the Abule Egba area of the state.
The deceased’s rented apartment
For allegedly stabbing his mother to death on Friday in the Abule Egba area of the Lagos state metropolis and claiming that she was responsible for his father’s death, the police in the state, have arrested a barber identified as Ibrahim Oluyinde.
It was learnt that at about 2pm on Friday, Oluyinde, who hails from Abeokuta, Ogun State, paid a visit to his mother in her rented apartment on Bunmi Christopher Close and were indoors until an argument erupted which led to the tragic incident after the deceased raised an alarm, and thereafter begged her son not to kill her.
According to reports, neighbours were said to have rushed to the scene where they saw the woman in a pool of blood as Ibrahim reportedly fled from the area, while the neighbours reported the matter at the Oko Oba Police Division.
The suspect was nabbed on Saturday by the police. In an interview with a correspondent, one of the neighbours, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Ibrahim had lost his father to sickness only last year, and might have stabbed his mother to death on the suspicion that she was responsible for his father’s death.
He said, "It was last year that the woman moved in with her husband. She was about 57. She was a goldsmith. One of her grandchildren – the daughter of her first daughter – was staying with her before this incident happened.
The father, however, died last year from sickness. He could not talk for some time before the sickness eventually claimed his life.
At about 2pm on Friday, I was in the kitchen when I heard some sharp cries from the woman’s room. She was calling on neighbours for help.
Others and I went to the woman’s door; it was locked. So, I went round and opened the window, I saw Ibrahim’s hand; it was wet with blood, but he refused to open the door.
We asked him why he attacked his mother; all he said was that it was his mother who killed his father. We were all shocked. The man is a barber. He plaits hair too. He, however, managed to escape. The police later arrested him and brought him to the house on Saturday."
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident saying, "The police have arrested the suspect for allegedly killing his mother on Friday. He is to be transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation."