Tope Momoh, 18, was placed on remand by a Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, for the suspected murder of his mother, Stella Momoh.
On September 6, 2022, in the state's Ikakumo Akoko Community, Akoko North East Local Government Area, the defendant is accused of strangling the deceased to death during a dispute.
On one count of murder, he was presented to the court for arraignment.
The defendant strangled his mother to death in the middle of the night for calling him a bastard, according to the prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, who also said that the defendant confessed to the crime two weeks after the victim's burial.
Akintimehin also informed the court that the cause of the sudden death of the deceased was not known, until her son claimed to be responsible.
According to the prosecutor, the offence committed contravenes Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II Law of Ondo State, 2006.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant to a custodial centre, pending the outcome of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Pleading in court, the defendant said, “I did not have rest of mind since my mother has been buried. So, I was forced to confess that I strangled her to death. So, I want the court to show me mercy.”
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Musa Al-Yunnus, in his ruling, ordered the defendant to be remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till October 20, 2022.