Tolani Ajayi of the Redeemers University has been arrested for killing his father

A 21-year-old student, Tolani Ajayi of the Redeemers University has been arrested by the Ogun state police for allegedly killing his 60-year-old father, Mr. Charles Ajayi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

The 300-level undergraduate in the Department of History and International Relations was said to have slaughtered his father with a knife and later butchered him with a cutlass on Tuesday, July 3 at their residence on Canaanland Street within the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, according to police.

It was learnt that Tolani after committing the crime, in a bid to cover his tracks allegedly packed his father’s remains in a box and dragged it into the bush within the camp.

It's added that the Divisional Police Officer of the Redemption Camp Police Station, Olaiya Martins, a Superintendent of Police, had led a team of detectives and some members of the community who noticed the strange attitude of the suspect while dumping the box.

Following the discovery and police preliminary findings, Tolani was later arrested the same day in his late father’s residence after the discovery of the corpse and police preliminary findings.

The Police spokesperson Adejobi speaking on Tolani’s arrest said: “They traced the ground marks made by the box to the point where the body of the SAN was dumped and thereafter traced the mark to the house of the deceased.

“When the police got to deceased’s house, the suspect was even in a relaxed mood.

“When interrogated, the suspect earlier lied that his dad had gone on evangelism, but he eventually confessed to the crime when he was taken to the Redemption Camp Divisional headquarters.”

In his confession, the suspect was said to have to told the police that trouble started when his late father confronted him for not responding to all the prayer points he (the deceased) raised, adding that his father later slapped him.

As a result of this, he said he got angry and picked up a knife in the kitchen which he used to stab his father, while adding that he also used a cutlass on him.

It was leant that the police had recovered the knife and cutlass used in committing the alleged crime.

The state PPRO, Adejobi said that the Charles’ corpse had been deposited at a morgue in the Sagamu area of the state.

It was gathered that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, had transferred the matter to the Department of Criminal Investigation Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation and necessary action.