SHOCKER: Man Kills, Buries 56-Year-Old Father In Broad Day Light

A 25 year old man has been arrested in Sokoto, northern Nigeria for the murder of his father, Mallami Aliyu on Sunday.
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The Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, DSP El-Mustapha Sani, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Sokoto.

Sani said that the incident happened about 2 a.m on Sunday.

“The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at the Kofar Marke area of Sokoto city in Sokoto North Local Government Area.

“The 25-year-old allegedly killed and buried his 56-year-old father, Mallami Aliyu,” he said.

“The boy is in detention though we discovered that he was intoxicated and is not himself at the moment.

“We are waiting for him to regain his consciousness before further investigation,” he said.

Narrating the incident, the pregnant wife of the deceased and mother of the suspect, Malama Fatima Aliyu, explained that the incident happened on Sunday night at about 2 a.m.

She said the suspect “met his father on that fateful night at about 2 a.m, saying his Nafilat (non-obligatory) prayers and threatened to kill him.”

The bereaved mother said that no sooner had her son threatened his father, he brought out his machete and struck his father’s on the head.

“Bello macheted his father until he was dead before he took the corpse and buried it within the vicinity,” she said.
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