Nigeria Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly killing his 64-year-old father in Ondo State
The suspect identified as Godwin Matthew, was said to have committed the crime after accompanying his father, Audu Matthew to the farm.
According to the suspect, he murdered his father because he gave him a chicken head out of the whole chicken he was told to kill for his seven-year-old brother.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Funmi Odunlami who confirmed this said “On 9th September, 2021, a case of Murder was reported at Ala Divisional Headquarters by one Mrs. Christiana Audu Matthew that her son Godwin Matthew, ’m’, 26 years old left home with his father to the family’s farm but later discovered that the young man had macheted his father to death.
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“In the course of interrogation, the suspect stated that on 9th September 2021, his late father directed him to kill a chicken for his brother one Emmanuel Audu ‘m’, 7 years old, for his entertainment, meanwhile, it was only the chicken head that was given to him and this made him to kill his father.”
The PPRO added that the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.
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