How a 'Yahoo boy' smashed his mother’s head for ritual purposes
Police said they learnt from his nephew Faruk, that Taiwo attempted to kill his mother, Alice Iyabo Akinola for money ritual.
| Taiwo Akinola |
The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the attack in a statement.
The statement read in parts, “The incident took place on the aforementioned date, at about 0830hrs, at No.2 Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja Road, Ayobo, Lagos, inside the flat the suspect, Taiwo Akinola, age 29 years lives with his mother, Mrs Alice Iyabo Akinola and her grandchild Master Faruk, age 14 years.
“In a carefully thought out plans to kill his mother, Taiwo, said to be staunch member of the notorious Aiye confraternity, went to the victim’s provision store in front of their apartment and told his mother to meet him inside the house for an important discussion and at same time sent his nephew, Faruk to go buy him a white handkerchief and a stick of cigarette.
“As soon as the victim entered the house, the suspect attacked her, smashing her head with a plank, pressing iron and a UPS charger to ensure she didn’t survive the ferocious attack.
“When Faruk returned from the errand, he didn’t see his grandmother in the shop so he went into the house only to see the poor woman lying in a pool of her blood. Shocked by what he saw, the small boy raised the alarm which attracted neighbours to the scene.
“They called the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ayobo Division who arrived the scene with his team and promptly arrested the suspect and secured the scene for further investigation by the police forensic experts attached to the Homicide section SCIID Panti, Yaba.
“The victim was rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment and was found to be hanging onto life. Right now, the doctors are battling to revive Mrs. Alice Akinola.”
Concise News gathered that the Commissioner of Police had paid the initial hospital bill for to enable doctors commence treatment on the victim.
The suspect told newsmen that he was ordered to murder his mother so as to become wealthy.
Yahoo Boy Smashes Mother's Head For Ritual Purposes
Doctors battle to save Mrs Alice Iyabo Akinola, mother whose son attempted to kill for money rituals.
Police told newsmen that they found exhibits in his room which included, Two calabashes with one containing human skull and the other, a mixture of dark concoction, a plank perforated with nails and stained with blood, a pressing iron with blood stains.
They also found a white handkerchief with which he allegedly wanted to use in scooping the victim’s blood and a bottle containing oil labelled Back To Sender.
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