Son charged with murdering father.

A police constable, Ayodeji Oduyingbo,has appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly murdering his father over a quarrel the deceased had with his accused mother.

Oduyingbo was charged with conspiracy and murder before Chief Magistrate Philip Ojo.

The prosecutor,SP Innocent Effiong, submitted that the accused’s father,Adebayo Oduyingbo, was found dead in a pool of his own blood with his hands, legs and neck tied.

Effiong said the corpse was discovered by neighbours who broke into his room after they perceived a foul odour oozing out from the room.

He submitted that the neighbours had been worried that they did not see Adebayo for two days.

Effiong said the accused was the last person who visited the deceased, and that he killed his father because he threw his mother out of their matrimonial home following a quarrel.

He said that the alleged crime occurred on April 21 at No. 3, Ipebi St., Ikorodu.

The prosecutor said the alleged crime contravened Sections 324 and 319 of the Criminal Code of Lagos State, and punishable with death.

The court did not take Ayodeji’s plea as the chief magistrate said that he needed the advice of the state Director of Public Prosecution.

Ojo, however, remanded the accused in the Ikoyi Prisons pending the DPP’s advice.

He adjourned the case till Sept. 24.

In a related development, a physically challenged bus conductor, Sikiru Rufai, was charged before the same court for allegedly killing a policeman during a fracas at the Ajegunle Area of Lagos.

Rufai who limps, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder before Chief Magistrate Ojo.

The prosecutor,SP Innocent Effiong, said the accused and some others still at large, attacked and killed a policeman Gbenga Oladipupo at his residence in Ajegunle.

Effiong said the alleged incident occurred on April 10 during a crisis between two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers at Bara Junction on the Ayetoro Road, Ajegunle.

He said the accused and the others attacked the policeman with dangerous weapons.

The prosecutor said the alleged crime contravened Sections 324 and 319 of the Criminal Code of Lagos State, and punishable with death.

The accused plea was also not taken by the court as Ojo said that he needed the DPP’s advice on the matter.

He remanded the accused in the Ikoyi Prisons, and adjourned the case till Sept. 24.