Nigeria: Son Kills Father, Mother in Benin

20 May 2008

IT was a gory sight at Street 32, Flat 31, Federal Housing Estate, Ikpoba Hill Benin city yesterday, when policemen from the state police command evacuated the corpses of Mr. Matthew Omoaka and his wife who were allegedly murdered by their son, last Friday.

However, Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Peter Ogboi (ASP) told Vanguard that homicide detectives from the state police command are working round the clock to track down the young man who after committing the dastardly act, bolted away.

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