Photo: The suspect
A young man, Hassan Ibrahim, has allegedly killed his 90-year-old father, Sabi Ibrahim, by strangulating him to death in order to dispossess him of his ATM card.
The police command in Kwara disclosed on Thursday in Ilorin that the suspect was arrested after one Aishat Ibrahim reported to the police on Aug. 5 that the older Ibrahim went missing.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi stated that the sudden disappearance of the retired army corporal raised suspicions and investigations, which culminated in Hassan’s arrest.
“Investigation into the matter led to the arrest of Hassan, a biological son of the missing old man.
“During investigation, the suspect confessed to have administered a pain killer injection mixed with other substances on his father, who became weak and dizzy immediately after.
“This he did after returning from the bank where he took his father to renew his ATM card.
“He took the father on a motorcycle which he borrowed to an isolated uncompleted building and strangulated him to death after the father had collected the new ATM card.
“He thereafter dug a shallow grave where he buried his father after dispossessing him of the ATM card,’’ Okasanmi stated.
The police spokesman added that Hassan thereafter escaped to Kaduna State and started withdrawing from his late father’s account.
He already withdrew N59,000 before he was arrested.
Okasanmi stated also that Hassan sold the borrowed motorcycle before he escaped to Kaduna where he was arrested.
“’The ATM card and the stolen motorcycle have been recovered,’’ he stated.
The PPRO said that Hassan would be arraigned after further investigations.
