A source revealed to punch metro, that the suspect had
been arrested by some residents, who handed him over to the police.
He said, “Everyone had been on the lookout for him. He was
arrested on Monday by some residents, who quickly alerted the police at the
State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, where the case
is being investigated.”The source said the suspect, in his confessional statement
to the police, said his father always threatened to deal with him.“He said he was uncomfortable being with his father because
he always threatened him and he could no longer bear the threat, so he decided
to kill him that morning. He didn’t say more than that,” he added.An online platform, Politics Nigeria, which claimed to have
spoken with a family member of the suspect, said Babalola Snr had been buried
in his hometown in Ila-Orangun, Osun State.It reported that Babalola Jnr had lived in Ireland since he
was seven years old and was deported after he took to drugs.
It said, “On Sunday, December 4, Babalola Jnr finalised
plans to kill both parents in their Magodo home. He snuck up on his father who
had gone to urinate early that morning. Armed with a knife, he ordered him to
lie on his chest, before stabbing him in the back.
“His mother, who heard the noise, came to the scene to see
what was happening and she equally got stabbed. He then had a bath, dressed up,
took his father’s phones and Automated Teller Machine cards before heading for
a filling station owned by his father. On getting to the station, he began to
harass the manager for money.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the arrest, adding that investigations were ongoing.
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