An 18-year-old boy, Olalekan Adetoyinbo, who resides in the Irojo neighbourhood of Ilesa, Osun State, has killed his 56-year-old father, Mr Ayodele Adetoyinbo.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening, while the boy had since been arrested by the police for interrogation.
The suspect, on returning from school, had a heated argument with his father, who had accused him of stealing some empty containers.
The boy reportedly hit his father on the head with broken concrete blocks.
The man who was seriously injured was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Folashade Odoro, the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in Osun State, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Mrs Dorothy Gimba, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Osogbo on Friday.
Odoro said the suspect was arrested by a team of police detectives attached to the Police ‘B’ Division in Ijamo, Ilesa, for murder, adding that the boy had made a confessional statement to the police.
“An argument ensued between the boy and his father; he hit his father on the head with cement blocks and the man sustained serious injury which led to his death,” she said.
The PPRO said that the police commissioner had since ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident, adding that the matter would later be referred to the court for prosecution.