State Police Command for allegedly killing his 86-year-old father, High
Chief Clifford Olumekun, with an axe.
The suspect allegedly carried out the act at the deceased’s residence at
No. 1, Okeraye Street, Idepe in Okitipupa, Local Government Area of
Ondo State.
Punch reports that the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi
Joseph, told them the reason the suspect killed his father had not yet
been determined as of Friday as he was still being interrogated.
He said,
“ The incident happened on January 2, 2017, and we have arrested the suspect. We are still interrogating him to know why he carried out such an act.”
He stated further that after the police investigation, the suspect would be charged to court.
A source narrated that immediately after killing his father, the suspect
allegedly wrapped the deceased’s remains with a cloth and cleaned the
blood stains in the room.
Another member of the deceased’s family said that the victim was a highly placed chief in the community.
“He is the head of our family and even a kingmaker. He is an Ijama, one
of the most senior chiefs in the community. He and the son had been
having a running battle over family issues in recent times, but nobody
believed that he could resort to killing his father.
“Olusoji is about 26 years old and he is a son of the man’s last wife.
He had many wives. Many of our family members believe that he was forced
through some diabolical means to kill his father. But I think something
triggered the boy. He could have had some mild mental illness we did
not know about.
“Many times in the past, he had harrased the man to the point that it
became an issue in the family. We don’t know whether it was because of
money issue or not.”
Saturday PUNCH learnt that the suspect’s mother and sister, both nurses, were around during the attack.
The mother is also said to be in police custody while the sister has
allegedly fled. There are accusations that the sister helped the suspect
to clean up the blood.
Olusoji was said to have also fled the town immediately after committing the crime.
Another source in the family told Saturday PUNCH, “
When the family members got into the room, they noticed the remnants of
bloodstains that were hurriedly cleaned on the floor of the room.
“They also found out that bloodstains that were supposed to be on the
deceased’s body had been carefully cleaned and his corpse was wrapped in
a big cloth.
The source added that the family immediately consulted the oracle to
expose the killer but the suspect who had earlier allegedly fled the
town showed up and confessed to the crime. He was later handed over to
the police.
Friday that the suspect had been detained at the State Criminal
Investigative Department of the command for further investigation.