Why I Kill My 14-Year-Old Boy—Father

A father identified as Monday. Elela claims he killed his 14-year-old son, Tope, because he was a shame to the family due to his involvement in stealing and other crimes in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko Northwest Local Government Area, Ondo State.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi, paraded Mr Elela and 24 other suspects for a variety of crimes, including murder, cultism, and breaking and theft.

Elela and his wife were accused of killing their 14-year-old son, Tope Elela, and burying him in a small grave behind a banana tree near his home in Ajowa-Akoko.

While the wife fled the town, the police apprehended the father, who claimed he had no idea the boy would die when he beat him in the night after escaping from the custody of the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun.

Elela told reporters that he has seven children from his wife. He said, however, that Tope was the family's black sheep, engaging in housebreaking, theft, and other illegal actions.

He said the deceased had escaped Amotekun's custody and was embarrassing him as a result of his illicit activities. He stated that he buried the corpse under a banana tree after his siblings discovered his lifeless body early in the morning.

The Commissioner of Police also paraded those involved in cult battles that killed five people in Owo, Owo local government area of the state. He claimed that those paraded were directly responsible for the town's chaos.

According to the Police Chief, 'one Olamide Ogunseyila, 'M' age 28 confessed to being a member of a cult group, Gbenga Bisi, 'F' age 25 years wife of Steven Dada, also known as "Ogodo," who is currently on the run was apprehended alongside Gbenga Esther, 'F', age 20 years at a hideout where the Police found a double-barrel, cut-to-size gun, two expended cartridges, and additional ammunition.

Other suspects, he added, included Ijarotimi Taye, 'M', 61, in whom police observed physical injuries throughout his body and could not provide a good account of how he sustained the injuries, increasing suspicions about his involvement.

Afolabi stated, "In the early hours of today, the duo of Bero Adeola 'M', age 30 years, and Olabode Ojo 'M', age 30 years (A.k.A Paw paw), who claimed his brother's wife and child were killed in the melee, were arrested in their hideout in Akure." They both confessed to being Ave cultists and said that the Eiye and Aiye groups were battling.

"The suspects said that they left Owo because they did not want to be involved in the brawl.

Ijalade Olorunfemi,'m', 42, and Ayodele Olayemi, 20. Both have been identified as cultists in continuing investigations.

'The remaining suspects are currently undergoing extensive interrogation to determine their participation in the crisis, while the command is stepping up attempts to catch Steven Dada (alias "Ogodo") and anybody else involved in these illegal actions."

The Commissioner of Police also presented Wasiu Ibrahim, who took part in a mob action that resulted in the death of one Tijani, who was beaten to death and thrown at his father's house for allegedly stealing an Android phone.