Report has it that a 29-year-old man, identified as Joseph Yakubu, has been apprehended by the Plateau State Police Command for killing his father, Yakubu Dalyop with a pestle.
The suspect was said to have picked a pounding pestle and smashed his father during an altercation which led to his unconsciousness and eventual death.
Yakubu who committed the act in the Anglo-Jos community, Jos South Local Government Area of the state was among many other suspects paraded for various offences on Tuesday 27 February 2024 by the state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Yabanet at the Command’s headquarters in Jos.
Confirming the arrest, the Plateau state Commissioner of Police, Hassan Yabanet noted that; “On 20/02/2024 at about 6pm, information was received at the Anglo-Jos division by a good Samaritan that on 15/02/2024 at about 8pm, one Joseph Yakubu, male, 29yrs of Kambel Anglo-Jos had minor misunderstanding with his father, one Yakubu Dalyop aged 49yrs.
As a result, the son took a pounding pestle and hit the father on the head. The father became unconscious and was rushed to Plateau State Specialist Hospital for medical attention. Unfortunately, he died on 19/02/2024 at about 1pm while receiving treatment. The suspect has been arrested while the corpse was deposited at the same hospital mortuary. The case is under investigation, and the suspect will be charged to court upon conclusion of the case.”
Yabanet who was recently deployed to Plateau state stated that after studying the security situation ravaging the state, he had designed a new workable operational template for the Command to rid criminals from their nests across the state.
The Commissioner said the application of the new operational strategies within few weeks in office had begun to yield positive results with the massive arrest of criminals paraded for various offences including criminal conspiracy, trespass, disturbance of public peace, kidnapping and culpable homicide
While assuring the people of adequate protection of their lives and property, the police commissioner who solicited their support and cooperation to achieve the objective, appreciated the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM for the manpower, material and equipment support given to the Plateau State Command in this operation.
He added further; “We equally want to salute His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang, for all the support given to the Police in the ongoing operation in Plateau State. I also want to appreciate the synergy between the Police and other security agencies in Plateau State”.
