November 27, (THEWILL) – Police in Ogun State have arrested one Moshood Habibu for allegedly hacking his visually impaired 94-year-old brother to death over a family land matter in the Mowe area of the state
The suspect, 78, was arrested on November, 24, 2021.
His arrest follows a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Aminu Tajudeen, who reported that the deceased, Salisu Surakatu, was his father.
Tajudeen explained that the suspect came to his late father’s house at Kara Ewumi village Mowe, where he used a cutlass to hack him to death over a disagreement on a piece of family land.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta at the weekend.
Oyeyemi said the suspect was immediately arrested According to him, the suspect claimed that the deceased sold a plot of land from their family land and refused to give him his own share of the proceeds. He added that when he went to his house to discuss the matter, an argument ensued that resulted in his brother’s death.
He said: “On interrogation, the suspect claimed that the deceased sold a plot from their family land and didn’t give him his own share of the proceeds, and that he went there that morning to demand for his own share which led to hot argument between them.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect went to the deceased house armed with cutlass, and when he got there, the deceased who was visually impaired didn’t know he came with cutlass. While the deceased was asking him to leave his house, he descended heavily on him and matchete him to death”.
