Police arrest 27-year-old man for killing 80-year-old father

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Sada Tambai, over the alleged killing of his 80-year-old father, Adamu Tambai, in the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

Sadiq-Aliyu said the incident occurred at Mundadu Village in Bindawa Local Government Area of Katsina State on September 21.

Sadiq-Aliyu said police received a distress call from the District Head of Bindawa, Dan Yusufan Katsina, reporting the incident.

He quoted the district head as saying that Tambai, a former Ward Head of Mundadu, was found lying motionless outside his residence.

Sadiq-Aliyu said detectives were immediately deployed to the scene, while the victim was taken to the nearest hospital.

He said the medical doctor, however, pronounced the victim dead upon arrival at the hospital.

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The police spokesman said preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the deceased’s son, adding that the suspect confessed during interrogation to hitting his father on the head with a stick.

Sadiq-Aliyu noted that the injuries sustained from the attack resulted in the victim’s death.

Sadiq-Aliyu stated that the Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Ali Umar-Fage, directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for a discreet and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The police spokesperson added that the suspect would be arraigned before the court upon the conclusion of the investigation.