A daughter has drugged and set ablaze her 85-year-old father and his 80-year-old mother in Lagos.
The 52-year-old Aleremolen Izokpu had sedated her biological father Pa Michael Izokou and his 80-year-old wife, Priscilla, before setting them ablaze.
The police in Lagos State said they have begun investigations into the circumstances surrounding the case.
The spokesperson of the Lagos police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the incident happened on Wednesday at City Gate Estate in the Lusada area of Okokomaiko, along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway.
He said the old man was pronounced dead at the hospital where they were rushed to, while the wife has remained unconscious.
Mr Hundeyin said: “Information received from the DPO Okokomaiko division has it that on 01/12/22 at about 09:00 hours someone reported at the station that on 30/11/22 at about 15:00 hours that he received a phone call from his younger sister, one Osemudiame Izokpu that their elder sister named Aleromolen, aged 52 allegedly drugged their parents, one Micheal Izokou, 85 years and Priscilla Izokpu, 80 years and set them ablaze while they were asleep.”
“The scene was visited by detectives. The hospital was also visited where the injured victim and the corpse were inspected, photographs taken and the corpse deposited at the Badagry Hospital morgue.”
He said efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect.
Akugbe Izokou, one of the siblings of the suspect, reported the matter to the police after being informed on the telephone by one of his younger sisters, the police spox said.
