A 25-year-old farmer, Solomon Ochadi, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Ochadi.
The police prosecutor, Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that the accused person pushed his 50-year-old mother to a wall in their house, which led to her death in the Jerusalem area in Ojoo, Ibadan.
Olagunju said the offence contravened Section 316 and was punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
Narrating how the incident happened, the prosecutor said Solomon had requested food from the deceased after returning from the farm hungry, and the deceased told him that there was no food at home.
Olagunju said the defendant became angry, pushed her against the wall and she died after which Solomon quickly dug a grave behind their house and buried the woman there.
However, his siblings, who saw what happened, alerted the police and he was arrested.
The Magistrate, Olaide Hamzat, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that the case file and evidence be forwarded to the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
He adjourned the case till November 23 for mention.