A teenager has reportedly stabbed his 60 year old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf, to death in Sarkin Noma area of Lokoja in Kogi state.
According residents in the area, the incident happened on Saturday when his teenage son, Abba Yusuf, stabbed the father.
Alhaji Nuhu Muhammed Bala, who confirmed the incident, said he was at his residence when a sister called him about the tragic event.
According to Bala, the elder brother of the deceased, “When my sister called me, she said our brother had been killed by his son. I quickly ran to my brother’s residence only to be told he had been moved to a hospital.”
Bala added that the suspect has been handed over to the police. He also mentioned that the mother of the suspect and her other two children have fled to an unknown destination.
Efforts to reach the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Ovye Aya, concerning the incident proved abortive, as he failed to answer calls or respond to text messages sent to his phone lines.
