An 18-year-old boy, Tope Momoh has been remanded by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure for allegedly killing his mother, Late Mrs. Stella Momoh.
According to The PUNCH, the defendant was alleged to have strangled his mother to death following an argument on September 6, 2022 in the Ikakumo Akoko Community, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state.
He was charged with murder on one count and appeared in court.
The prosecution, Nelson Akintimehin, told the court that the defendant strangled his mother to death in the middle of the night because she called him a pig, and that he confessed to the crime two weeks after her burial.
Akintimehin also informed the court that the cause of the sudden death of the deceased was not known, until her son claimed to be responsible.
According to the prosecutor, the infraction violates Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II, Ondo State Law, 2006.
The prosecutor sought the court to place the defendant in a detention facility pending the Director of Public Prosecutions’ advice.
Pleading in court , defendant said, “I did not have rest of mind since my mother has been buried. So, I was forced to confess that I strangled her to death. I want the court to show me mercy.”
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Musa Al-Yunnus , in his ruling, ordered the defendant to be remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till October 20, 2022.
