A 16-year-old boy has reportedly killed his father using a pestle in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the FCT Police Command as saying the 16-year-old boy has been arrested.
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the FCT, Mr Haruna Garba, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, said the bizarre incident happened when the boy’s mother and father engaged themselves in a physical fight.
“It all happened when the suspect’s mother and father engaged themselves in a physical fight.
“The suspect took sides with his mother and used a mortar pestle and hit hard on the father’s head, which eventually led to his death,” CP Garba said.
According to him, the suspect would be arraigned in a juvenile court at the conclusion of investigation.