Earlyface

Pandemonium broke out in
Maronu Street, Araromi
area of Akure, Ondo State
on Tuesday, when a retired
Military Officer, simply
identified as Major Desilva Adedipe allegedly shot and
killed his son, Ayo Adedipe
at a close range over a
squabble bothering on
electricity bill. According to residents, an
argument ensued between
the duo over payment of
supplementary Power
Holding Company of
Nigerian (PHCN) electricity bill, resulting into shooting,
despite the efforts by
neighbours to settle the
matter between Major
Adedipe and his son, Ayo. Angered by the son’s
repeated insults on him,
sources said the ex-
military Officer
aggressively went inside
his room, picked up his gun and shot his son in the
chest at close range. The
boy died on the spot. According to the wife of
the deceased, Olaide
Adedipe, the incident
happened after Ayo’s
father discovered that the
late Ayo had not being paying the electricity
money handed over to him. The bereaved wife said her
father inlaw discovered
that his late son had been
diverting the money but
would show his father
fake electricity bills as proof of payment. It was revealed that
immediately after the
incident many of the
residents fled the area for
fear of being arrested by
security operatives. The Spokesman of the
Nigerian Police Force, Ondo
State Command, Wole
Ogodo, who confirmed the
incident said one Olaide,
who claimed to be the girlfriend of the deceased,
reported the matter to
them. “The compliant rushed to
the station and said the
suspect whom they used to
call ‘Old Soldier’ allegedly
shot his own son during an
argument over NEPA bill” Ogodo said. He also said the remains of
the deceased has been
deposited at the state
specialist hospital’s morgue
in Akure. An autopsy will
be carried out on the body soon. The Police image maker
however said the case has
been transferred to the
state’s Criminal
Investigation Department.
He also disclosed that they were on the trail of the
suspect.