23-year-old Son Stabs Parents to Death in Lagos

Matilda Omonaiye/

A 23-year-old man, Micheal Okhide, is on the run after allegedly stabbing his father, Clement, and mother, Toyin, to death in their house at 6, Akeem Gbadamosi Street, in Ejigbo area of Lagos.

Michael also allegedly attacked his sister, Mercy, a corps member, who returned home shortly after the initial incident.

Mercy said that when she got home, she saw bloodstains in the house, after which her brother attacked her but she escaped with injuries.

She said, “When I got home around 5.30 p.m., I met the entrance door open and saw blood on the net. The door to the kitchen was also open. When I entered into the kitchen, I saw that there were bloodstains everywhere and I became scared.

“As I was leaving the kitchen, I heard my mummy screaming my name that I should run, and immediately, I saw Michael came where I was and I saw bloodstains on him.

“He told me to come inside and I refused, so, both of us started struggling and he stabbed me in my stomach and my hands but I was lucky that the cut was not deep. He wanted to prevent me from escaping but I was lucky to escape and he ran back inside and later I heard that he ran away and locked the gate with a padlock.”

Some residents in the area claimed Michael was a drug addict, who had been rusticated from three universities.

They said police from the Ejigbo Police Division visited the scene of the crime yesterday to evacuate the corpses and also came today for further investigation.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident. He said that a manhunt had been launched for Michael.

He added that the corpses were evacuated to the Isolo General Hospital.

Elkana said, “On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, around 6.00 p.m., I was alerted that a young man, Michael Okhide, 23, had killed his father, Clement Okhide, 60 and suspected to have seriously injured his mother at No 6 Akeem Gbadamosi Street. When our men were mobilised to the scene, we found Clement, dead in a pool of his blood in the kitchen. Blood was also seen all over the kitchen and a thorough search of the house led to the discovery of the remains of Clement’s wife, Toyin, 50, in one of the locked-up rooms upstairs.

“Two corpses were recovered and deposited at the Isolo General Hospital’s mortuary. The assailant equally stabbed his sister, Mary, in the stomach and on the hands. She has visited the Ejigbo Health Centre where she received treatment. A manhunt has been launched to arrest the fleeing assailant.”

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