A man, Micheal Okhide, has absconded after allegedly stabbing his father, Clement, and mother, Toyin, to death in their house, located at No 6, Akeem Gbadamosi Street, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
Punch gathered that Michael and his parents were at home when a matter happened which led him to allegedly perpetrate the crime.
Afterwards, it was learnt that the 23-year-old also allegedly attacked his sister, Mercy, a corps member, who returned home around 5.30 p.m.
Michael’s sister, Mercy, said when she got home, she saw bloodstains in the house, adding that her brother allegedly attacked her but she escaped with injuries.
A resident in the area, who identified himself has Salau, said Michael absconded after perpetrating the crime, alleging that he was a drug addict, who had been rusticated from three universities.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said a manhunt has been launched for Michael, adding 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. Punch