Teenage Boy pounds Father to death for fighting his Mother
A 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel John, has been arrested by men of the Federal Capital Territory police command for pounding his father, Monday John, to death.
The PUNCH reported that that the boy killed his father on Tuesday following a fisticuff that broke out between the deceased and the boy’s mother, Mrs Mercy John.
A police source revealed that a case of culpable homicide was reported to the Karshi Police Station by one Yusuf Ayuba, on Wednesday, May 3.
According to him, Emmanuel is in police custody and will be arraigned in a juvenile court at the conclusion of police investigation.
Commenting on the incident during a press briefing on Friday, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, said the suspect hit hard on his father’s head.
Garba said, “It all happened when the suspect’s mother and father engaged each other in a physical fight.
“The suspect took sides with his mother and used a pestle to hit hard on the father’s head which eventually led to his death.
“The suspect will be arraigned in a juvenile court at the conclusion of investigation.”
