An 18-year-old boy, Olanrewaju Kayode-Aremu, who
was recently arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for stabbing his
46-year-old father, Victor Kayode-Aremu, to death has said he does not regret
his action.
The native of Kwara State added that he decided
to stab his father to death because he could not lay his hands on poison or a
gun which he would have used to kill his father
PUNCH Metro had reported on May 15, 2013
that the suspect stabbed his father to death at their home located at Langbasa
in Ajah.
It had also been reported that the suspect was a
Geology student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, but was asked to
leave the school due to his poor grades.
The suspect, who is currently being detained at
the state Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, said he killed his father
for many reasons.
He said killing his father was a mistake but he
still had no regrets.
Olarenwaju said one of the reasons why he killed
his father was that his father forced him to study Geology even though he did
not like the course.
He said, “My father used to maltreat me and my
mother was aware of this. Sometimes he would not give me food or money. He sent
me to University of Ilorin but I did not get the course I wanted. I was
admitted to study Geology but I wanted to study Biochemistry.
“My father forced me to go to the school and
after I failed, the school asked me to leave. I started working with my father
afterwards and I used to follow him to work. He did not want to send me to
school anymore.”
Narrating what happened on the day he killed his
father, Olanrewaju said he had complained to his parents that he was not
feeling too well but they had ignored him.
He said it was in the usual behaviour of his
father to maltreat him, adding that he decided to vent his anger on his father.
He said, “On that day that I killed my father, I
was ill and I told my parents but they ignored me. I do not really know what
came over me. I took a knife and followed my father upstairs and stabbed him
repeatedly. He ran downstairs and I chased him downstairs and stabbed him once
more.
“My mother saw me when I stabbed him to death but
she did nothing.”
Asked why he decided to kill his father in such a
gruesome manner, he said, “I could not get poison or a gun. That was why I
stabbed him.”
Olanrewaju, who is the first of five children,
said his father married a second wife and this had strained the good relationship
the family once had.
He said on several occasions, his father had sent
him out of the house because he hated him, stressing that he had reported to
relatives but no one ever listened to him.
Olanrewaju said he killed his father because he
believed he would not be arrested due to his young age. He said he thought the
murder would be treated as a family affair.
He lamented that since his arrest, family
members, including his mother, had refused to visit him.
He said, “My mother has not come to visit me since
I was arrested. I want her to get me a lawyer. I am still very young. I killed
him because I wanted to be free. I did not know I would be arrested. I thought
nothing would ever happen to me.
“I am not happy in detention and I want the
police to release me; I have suffered enough. I am not happy in the cell.”
Source: Punch.
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