Moshood Habibu, a 78-year-old man, has allegedly hacked his 94-year-old brother, Salisu Surakatu, to death over land dispute.
Habibu was said to have stormed his brother’s house at Kara Ewumi village Mowe, Ogun State, on Wednesday after which a disagreement ensued between him and the nonagenarian over the land.
The suspect got enraged and attacked the aged man with a cutlass, killing him in the process.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State police spokesperson, confirmed the incident, saying Habibu was arrested by the CSP Saminu Akintunde-led team after the incident was reported at Mowe police station by Amino Tajudeen, said to be a son of the deceased.
“On interrogation, the suspect claimed that the deceased sold a plot from their family land and didn’t give him his own share of the proceeds, and that he went there that morning to demand for his own share which led to hot argument between them,” Oyeyemi said.
The police image maker explained that the suspect had gone to the deceased man’s house with a cutlass, but the nonagenarian, who was visually impaired, did not know he was with a cutlass.
“While the deceased was asking him to leave his house, he descended heavily on him and macheted him to death,” it was said.
The suspect would be transferred to the homicide section of the state CIID as ordered by the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, Oyeyemi disclosed.
