The suspect, Mutiu Tiamiyu (pictured above- middle), was handed over to the police at Moniya, Ibadan, on Wednesday.
2013 Ramadan turned sour for the Adigun family of Abiola Central community, Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, as one of the youths in the family, Mutiu Tiamiyu, inflicted injury on the head of the family, Pa Nasiry Adigun, which led to his death on Tuesday night.
As stated by reports, Pa Adigun, who was visually impaired, was prevailed upon by his family members to observe Tarawhi prayer at home while other members had gone to the mosque.
However, the attention of neighbours and worshipers at the village mosque and its environs was drawn to the noise of a young boy who kept on shouting the suspect's name around the village.
Before people got to the scene of the incident, Pa Adigun was already on the ground, bleeding profusely.
The victim, who had lost his jaw in the process, was quickly rushed to a nearby private hospital, from where he was referred to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He, however, gave up the ghost on the way.
As stated by eyewitnesses, Tiamiyu even ate his victim's dinner before attacking him in his living room.
A boy, whose house was beside the victim's, had refused to go to mosque with his parents, and was loitering around when he peeped through the window and saw Tiamiyu attack the old man. He alerted people when he started shouting the suspect's name around the village.
The suspect, however, escaped after the attack, but was arrested at about 7.20 a.m. on Wednesday as he came home to pick his dog. Tiamiyu was arrested by the victim's family members and handed over to the police at the divisional headquarters, Moniya, Ibadan.