Son hacks father to death for preventing him from going out

A young man who allegedly hacked his father to death with a cutlass following a disagreement is presently in police custody in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.

A fight broke out between the father late Taiwo Olagesin and his son Babatunde Olagesin on Monday, May 6, 2019 at their residence in the Ijoko area of Ogun State.

It was gathered that the suspect had wanted to leave home for Oshodi, Lagos State, around 6am, but was prevented by his father, who insisted that he (the son) would accompany him somewhere.

The deceased thereafter locked up the exit doors of the premises to keep his son inside. When it appeared he could not restrict his son, Taiwo reportedly brought out a cutlass to scare him.

Undeterred by the weapon, Babatunde was said to have struggled to collect it from his father. In the process, he reportedly used the weapon to cut his father in the stomach.

It was gathered that neigbours quickly alerted the police from the Agbado division to the incident who arrested Babatunde.

A police source disclosed that the suspect in his statement claimed to have killed his father by accident, adding that the case had been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

A resident, who gave his name only as Seun, said the tragedy could have been averted if Babatunde’s mother was at home that day.

“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.

“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.”, Seun disclosed.