18-year-old man strangles mother to death for calling him bastard
An 18-year-old has turned himself in to the police after strangling his mother to death for calling him a bastard.
The incident took place in Ondo State, Nigeria’s Ikakumo Akoko Community, in the Akoko North-East Local Government Area.
Sources claim that Tope Momoh, the suspect, strangled his mother Stella to death in the middle of the night.
On Thursday, October 6, 2022, he then turned himself in to the police where he was taken into custody and charged.
Nelson Akintimehin, the prosecutor, informed the Chief Magistrate Court in Akure that Momoh confessed to the crime two weeks after his mother’s funeral.
“…did not have rest of mind since my mother has been buried. So, I was forced to confess that I strangled her to death. I want the court to show me mercy,” Momoh is quoted to have said.
He added that the cause of the deceased’s death was unknown until the teenager confessed to killing her for calling him a bastard.
Akintimehin said that Momoh’s action violates Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II Law of Ondo State, 2006.
He then pleaded with the court to remand him to a custodial centre, pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Chief Magistrate, Musa Al-Yunnus, remanded him at the Olokuta Correctional Centre till Thursday, October 20, 2022.
