Tobi Ijalana
A Nigerian soldier who killed his mother in Kaduna on Tuesday, December 29, Charles Thompson, has given reasons he did so.
Charles killed the mother, Modupe Thompson, in her Sabon GRA, Kaduna.
According to him, she died when they were fighting over a spiritual battle.
He said on Thursday when he was being paraded by the police that the deceased was fond of turning into a serpent.
He said:
“I was arrested for culpable homicide, because my mother died in my hands while fighting with her. We were fighting as a result of spiritual dispute; I saw her turning to a serpent severally at night, so, it angered me.
“She was even appearing and disappearing. And when I went into her room, I saw her with a 10 year-old boy running around her. That was what led to the fight.
“I am presently on sick leave, because am incapacitated, I was injured, I fell during an attack in Maiduguri. I am not a dismissed soldier, I am still serving.
“We had always had problems, there was no love. She didn’t have love for her children. So, I want to advise parents to always give assistance to their children and speak well about them in the public”
