A 25-year-old man named Alkasim Ya’u has been apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kano State. He is accused of fatally stabbing his father at Tudun Yola ‘C’, an area in Gwale Local Government Area of the state.

The NSCDC Corps Commandant, Mohammed Falala, revealed this information during a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Sunday.

According to Falala, the incident took place on Friday around 13:30 at the residence of Salisu Bala. Instead of returning to Katsina, the deceased had chosen to spend the night at his brother’s house, which was located at the same address. The family is currently arranging for the body to be transported back to Katsina for the funeral rites. Meanwhile, the suspect and the evidence have been handed over to the Rijiyar Zaki Divisional Police Office for further investigation.

“The deceased father, Alhaji Ya’u Mohammed, brought his mentally ill son, Alkasim Ya’u, to Psychiatric Hospital Dawanau, for medical treatment, where they booked to see a medical doctor on Saturday Jan. 6, “he said.

”Our investigation revealed that Alkasim became mentally ill due to his engagement in hard drugs activities.

”On their arrival at Tudun Yola, the ill son took a sharp object and injured the father, until the intervention of the NSCDC operatives attached to the area who took the victim to hospital and arrested the suspect,” he said.