The 24-year-old man, Babalola Rotimi Jnr., who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his father and mother, leaving the dad dead, has said that his father deserved to die for destroying his life.
Junior who was reportedly deported from the United Kingdom where he had lived following his drug addiction, had had murdered his 59-year-old father, Babalola Rotimi Snr., at their home in Magodo Phase 2, Shangisha area of the state and stabbed his mother, Adijat, several times, leaving her for dead, on Sunday, December 4, 2016.
After
committing the dastardly crimes, the suspect allegedly fled the area,
and after a few days of being on the run, he was arrested by other
residents of the estate and handed over to the police.
The remorseless young man has, however, insisted his father deserved what he did to him because he had manipulated his life.
Junior
allegedly told newsmen at the State Police Command Headquarters in
Ikeja that he was angry that his parents kept him locked up in the house
after his father ‘juju’ to bring him back to Nigeria.
“My
father got what he deserved. He started it all. I was living in the
United Kingdom when he used black magic to bring me back to Nigeria and
he locked me up in the house.
I
don’t know what they intended to do with me. They called some native
doctors to do some rituals with red oil which they kept in my room.
The
native doctors made some incisions on my body and since then, I have
not really been myself and I have been seeing strange things and hearing
strange voices.
As a religious
person, I resorted to God and was praying for my freedom but each time I
tried to escape, my father will call area boys who will beat me up with
reckless abandon. The intimidation was too much and I was looking for
any means of escape.
One day, I
escaped from my room to the kitchen and I took two kitchen knives which
I hid in my pocket for protection. On that fateful day, while my mother
was cooking in the kitchen, I greeted her but she started raining
abuses on me.
I knew there was
trouble because she always beats me whenever she is angry. I went to my
father too and he started raining curses on me.
When
I asked what the problem was, he started beating me and as I was tired
of his beating, I dipped my hand in my pocket and brought out the knife
and stabbed him in the leg.
When
he wanted to disarm me, I stabbed him in the stomach and he fell down
and my mother started shouting. I threatened her to give me the key to
the door so that I can leave. She refused and I stabbed her too.
They
started it all. They wanted to use me for a ritual. I regret my actions
anyway but if they did not bring me back to Nigeria, I would have still
been in the UK.”
According
to family sources, the suspect who had been living in the UK from the
age of five, got involved with drugs and was reportedly deported and all
efforts by the parents to get him into rehabilitation proved abortive
due to his violent nature and threats to kill all his family members.
