Court arraigns dad’s killer, remands him in prison

The 21-year-old student of Redeemer’s University, Redemption Camp, Ogun State, Tola Ajayi who killed his father, Charles Ajayi (SAN), on the 3rd of July 2014, was on Tuesday arraigned before a chief magistrate court sitting in Owode Egba, Obafemi Owode Local Government area of the state.

He was arraigned around 9.58am on a one count murder charge.

It will be recalled that Tola, a  300- Level History and International Relations student of the university stabbed his father to death
in their residence on Canaanland Street, Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on the fateful day about 4.00 am.

He  was later arrested by men of  Ogun State Police  Command.

The prosecution counsel, Sergeant Evidence Onyekachi, told the court that the suspect’s action was contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section  319  (1) of  the criminal  laws of Ogun  state of Nigeria 2006.

 His plea was not taken, as the defence counsel was absent in court.

The chief magistrate, Mr. Bolaji Ojikutu, ordered that the accused be remanded in the prisons custody pending the necessary advice from the director of public prosecution.

However, the case has been adjourned till October 10.

The suspect had allegedly killed his father after an altercation that ensued between him and the father for his refusal to participate in a prayer session.

He had put the remains of the father in a box and dragged same to a nearby bush in the vicinity.

Policemen later followed the blood mark on the route to the house where Tola was arrested.

Giving the reason for his dastardly act in an interview with journalists at the Ogun State police command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, few days after the incident, he said his father provoked him.

PUNCH.