Police arrest Redeemer student for killing his father at RCCG Camp

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 21-year old
Tolani Ajayi (pictured above) a student of the Department
of History and International Relations, Redeemer
University, RCCG Camp Ogun State for killing his father on
Tuesday July 3rd.

According to PM News, the shattered body of Barrister
Charles Ajayi, 60, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was
recovered in a box at a nearby bush at Canaanland Street
at the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp, Km 46
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The suspect who is a biological son of the slain lawyer was
arrested same day in his fathers residence, at the scene of
the incident, aroun 5:30 p.m. after the discovery of the
corpse and Police preliminary findings.

Redemption Camp DPO, Olaiya Martins who led a team of
detectives and some members of the community traced
ground marks of the box from where it was dumped to the
house of the suspect. The corpse was traced to the house
of late Barr. Ajayi,where they met the suspect in a relaxed
mood in the house.

Upon interrogation, the suspect who had earlier lied that
his dad had gone on evangelism, however, confessed to
the crime when he was taken to the Redemption Camp
Divisional Headquarters.

He stated problem arose when his father confronted him
for not responding to all the prayer points he raised, forcing
his father to slap him. He said he went mad and went
straight to the kitchen to pick up a knife to stab him and
later a cutlass to cut his throat.

The exhibits including the knife and cutlass he used in
killing his father had been recovered by the Police and the
corpse of the SAN had been deposited at a morgue in
Sagamu.

Ikemefuna Okoye, Commissioner of Police Ogun state has
since sent a team of detectives led by the officer in charge
of Homicide section of the Department of Criminal
Investigation, Eleweran, Abeokuta to further investigate
the murder.

Okoye sympathised with the family of the deceased,
particularly his wife, who is also a legal practitioner and
other children to take solace in the Lord. He admonished
other members of the community in RCCG to be watchful,
adding that, such incident will not occur again as the
Command will improve on the synergy between the police
and the Internal Security Operatives of the RCCG.
Culled from PM News