Farm Inheritance Gone Wrong: Osun Man Murders Mother, Dumps Body on Family Land

An Osun State man, Mr. Taye Kasali, has confessed to murdering his mother and burying her in a shallow grave on their family farm.

He said he killed his mother because she had been calling him a madman and had threatened to lease out their farmland, which is the main source of livelihood for the family.

Confirming the incident, the Osun State Police Command said it had arrested Kasali, who allegedly confessed to killing his mother and burying her remains in a shallow grave on their family farm.

According to the command’s spokesman, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the victim, Mrs. Kudirat Kasali, and her son were initially reported missing at the Bode-Osi Police Division on September 1.

The police said investigations into their disappearance continued until September 7, when operatives arrested Taye in connection with the case.

According to the command, the suspect allegedly confessed during interrogation that he killed his mother on August 31 by slitting her throat with a machete.

He was also said to have led detectives to the family farm, where police operatives recovered the deceased’s remains from a shallow grave.

The police further said the machete allegedly used in the killing was recovered and kept as an exhibit as the investigation continues.

In his alleged confession, the suspect reportedly claimed that his mother had been calling him a mad person and had threatened to lease out the family farmland.

He allegedly told investigators that the farmland was the family’s major source of livelihood.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed the development in a statement issued yesterday on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Zungura.