Father Kills, Buries Teenage Son
Nigerian Police Edo State Command have arrested a 49-year-old man, Christian Iboi, over the alleged murder of his 15-year-old son in Edo State.
The suspect is alleged to have struck the teenager with a stick after taking hard drugs, an assault that reportedly led to the boy’s death.
He was also accused of secretly burying the corpse within his family compound to conceal the crime.
The incident occurred at Uhe Community in Igueben Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the development in a statement, the command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect assaulted his son at about 7:00 p.m. on December 5, leading to the boy’s death.
She said that after the incident, the suspect dug a grave within the compound and buried the body.
According to Ikoedem, the deceased’s grandmother, who is also the suspect’s 82-year-old mother and resides in the same house, provided useful information that helped the police unravel the crime.
“The corpse has since been exhumed, while the suspect has been arrested. Investigation is ongoing,” she said.
She added that the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Monday Agbonika, fdc, has ordered the transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thorough investigation and prosecution.
