Date: 2021-07-26

One Yahaya Mohammed has been remanded by an Ilorin magistrate's court for allegedly killing his 10-year-old son, Aliyu Muhammed, with a cutlass for refusing to run an errand for him in Budo Gidi in Baruten LGA of Kwara State.

According to Police First Information Report (FIR), Mohammed reportedly got annoyed after his son "arrogantly" refused to run an errand for him, which led him to throw a cutlass at him which cut off his right leg below the ankle.

"The defendant reportedly rushed his son to the hospital while he was bleeding profusely but he died while receiving treatment," the charge sheet added.

The police prosecutor, Moshood Agboola, informed the court that the matter was culpable homicide and was not ordinarily bailable and therefore urged the court to order the remand of the defendant.

Magistrate Saliu Muhammed ordered that the defendant be remanded at a correctional facility till August 4, 2021, for further hearing.