Middle-aged man shatters mother’s head with an axe in Kwara State

Tragedy occurred on Friday in Isanlu-Isin in
Kwara, when a middle-aged man, Taye Ibiwoye,
allegedly clubbed his mother to death with an
axe.
The deceased identified as Sarah Ibiwoye, who
was said to be in her late sixties, died instantly
from the attack which shattered her skull.
The community was further thrown into
mourning when another elderly woman, simply
identified as `Iya Eleja' slumped and died when
the news of Sarah's death was broken to her.
The people of the community said that the
accused was mentally derailed and had been
under treatment for sometime.
Some sources, who preferred anonymity, said
that Ibiwoye had complained to the policemen
who came for his arrest from Oke-Onigbin that
his mother was behind his travails.
He was also said to have told the policemen that
while his brothers were living comfortably, he
was rotting away in abject poverty because of his
mother's action.
A relation to Iya Eleja, on condition of anonymity,
said that the woman was hale and hearty before
the unfortunate incident.
"We have just come back from
Omu-Aran where we went to buy the woman's
coffin. There was nothing wrong with Iya Ejeja
who was hale and hearty before the news was
broken to her.
"Immediately the news of the incident was
narrated to her, she slumped and died," the
source said.
The Divisional Police Officer, Oke-Onigbin Police
Command, DSP. Mr Olutekunbi Ekundayo, said
that the case would be transferred to the State
CID Headquarters in Ilorin for investigation.
"There is not much we can do here as far as this
case is concerned, particularly as regards the
issue of the accused person's state of health.
"Though, it was a case of a culpable homicide
but as you can see now, I am preparing the file
for the transfer of the case to the State CID for
appropriate investigation," he said.

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