Twenty-five-year-old Alkasim Ya’u has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his father to death at Tudun Yola ‘C’, area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano state.
The state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mohammes Falala, disclosed this in Kano on Sunday.
He said the suspected crime was committed on Friday at about 1330 hours at the residence of Alhaji Salisu Bala.
“The deceased father, Alhaji Ya’u Mohammed, brought his mentally ill son, Ya’u, to the Psychiatric Hospital, Dawanau, for treatment, where they booked to see a doctor on Saturday, Jan. 6.
Instead of going back to Katsina, he said the deceased decided to sleep at his brother’s house at the same address.
“Our investigation revealed that Ya’u became mentally ill due to his engagement in hard drug activities.
“On their arrival at Tudun Yola, the ill son took a sharp object and injured the father, until the intervention of the NSCDC operatives attached to the area who took the victim to the hospital and arrested the suspect,” he said.
He said already, the family was making arrangements to return the corpse to Katsina for the funeral, while the suspect and the exhibit were handed over to the Rijiyar Zaki Divisional Police Office for further investigation.
