Son Arrested For Killing His Father At RCCG Camp

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The Ogun State Police Command yesterday, confirm the arrest of a
21‑year‑old Tolani Ajayi, for allegedly killing his father, Charles
Ajayi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in the Redemption Camp along
Lagos/Ibadan expressway . Tolani, a student of the Department of History
and International Relations, Redeemer University.

According to report,
the shattered body of Barrister Charles Ajayi, 60, a  Senior Advocate
of Nigeria, was recovered in a box at a nearby bush at Canaanland Street
at the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp, Km 46 Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway.

The suspect who is a biological son of the slain lawyer was arrested
same day in his fathers residence, at the scene of the incident, aroun
5:30 p.m. after the discovery of the corpse and Police preliminary
findings. Continue…

Redemption Camp DPO, Olaiya Martins who led a team of detectives and
some members of the community traced ground marks of the box from where
it was dumped to the house of the suspect. The corpse was traced to the
house of late Barr. Ajayi,where they met the suspect in a relaxed mood
in the house.

Upon interrogation, the suspect who had earlier lied that his dad had
gone on evangelism, however, confessed to the crime when he was taken
to the Redemption Camp Divisional Headquarters.

He stated problem arose when his father confronted him for not
responding to all the prayer points he raised, forcing his father to
slap him. He said he went mad and went straight to the kitchen to pick
up a knife to stab him and later a cutlass to cut his throat.

The exhibits including the knife and cutlass he used in killing his
father had been recovered by the Police and the corpse of the SAN had
been deposited at a morgue in Sagamu.

Ikemefuna Okoye, Commissioner of Police Ogun state has since sent a
team of detectives led by the officer in charge of Homicide section of
the Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran, Abeokuta to further
investigate the murder.

Okoye sympathised with the family of the deceased, particularly his
wife, who is also a legal practitioner and other children to take solace
in the Lord. He admonished other members of the community in RCCG to be
watchful, adding that, such incident will not occur again as the
Command will improve on the synergy between the police and the Internal
Security Operatives of the RCCG.

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