Son Murders Father In Sokoto State

The Police in Sokoto State on Tuesday confirmed the murder of a 56-year old man, Mallami Aliyu, by his 25-year-old son on Sunday.
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The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP El-Mustapha Sani, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Sokoto.
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Sani said that the incident happened about 2a.m on Sunday.
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“The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at the Kofar Marke area of Sokoto city in Sokoto North Local Government Area.
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“The 25-year-old … allegedly killed and buried his 56-year-old father, Mallami Aliyu,’’ he said.
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Sani said the suspect had been arrested.
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“The boy is in detention though we discovered that he was intoxicated and is not himself at the moment.
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“We are waiting for him to regain his consciousness before further investigation,” he said.
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Narrating the incident, the pregnant wife of the deceased and mother of the suspect, Malama Fatima Aliyu, said “it all happened on Sunday night at about 2a.m.’’
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She said the suspect “met his father on that fateful night at about 2a.m, saying his Nafilat (non-obligatory) prayers and threatened to kill him”.
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The bereaved mother said that no sooner had her son threatened his father, he brought out his machete and struck his father’s on the head.
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“Bello macheted his father until he was dead before he took the corpse and buried it within the vicinity,” she said.
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The deceased was an employee of the Centre for Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.