A 20-year-old, man, Mai Goni, has allegedly hacked his father to death with a pestle in Yobe.
The incident occurred at Masaba, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State on Tuesday at about 7:30pm.
The state command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said the deceased suffered a head injury as a result of the attack and was pronounced dead by a doctor in the hospital.
He said the suspect fled the scene after the crime and the police were making efforts to apprehended him and make sure justice is served.
Meanwhile, a student of Obafemi Awolowo University identified as Ajibola Ayomikun has died after falling into a soakaway pit.
The 200-level student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages fell into a soakaway in BVER, one of the private hostels in the students’ village.
The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the institution, Abiodun Olarewaju. Read more
