A man, Umaru Muhammadu Jauro Ori, has hacked his father to death while he was praying inside a mosque.
Ori allegedly blamed his father for his marital troubles.
Ori is standing trial before Justice Aliyu Baba Usman of a Bauchi State High Court.
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The court heard that Ori butchered his father, one Umar Mohammed Jatau, with a machete while he was praying inside a mosque in Maltawa Village of Misau Local Government area of the State.
When he was arraigned on Wednesday, the Chief State Counsel, Hussein Ishaq Magaji, told the court that the accused inflicted injuries on his father’s head and back.
The 70-year-old was rushed to the Misau General Hospital where he died the following day from the wounds of the attack an offence contrary to section 221 of the Penal code laws.
A younger brother of the deceased and the suspect’s sibling said Ori had the 26-year-old had his father and themselves.
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They said the accused had left the area and no one knew his whereabouts until her resurfaced in the village on the fateful day.
They added that youths in the area pursued and arrested him because he wanted to run away, after which they took him to the Police station and took the deceased to the Hospital where he died while receiving treatment, his body was thereafter released to them and he was buried according to Islamic rights.
The accused, in a statement to the police, blamed the deceased for his marital challenges. He has a wife and three children, two males and one female, but his father without his consent separated him and his wife when he travelled out for a long time without coming back.
Umaru said that when he returned he took a machete and entered the mosque and stabbed his father on his head and back.
He said,
“When I attempted to run away from the scene, the youths pursued me, arrested me, beat him mercilessly and injured my right finger before handing me over to the Police.”
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