Ekiti man arrested for brutal murder of his daughter’s boyfriend

Thurssday, September 4, 2025 - The Ekiti State Magistrate Court has remanded a middle-aged man, simply identified as Ibrahim, for allegedly k!lling his daughter’s boyfriend. 

The suspect is accused of beating the young boy to de@th for having an affair with his daughter. 

The deceased had visited the girl at her father’s house, close to the popular Corpers’ Lodge, at the New Iyin Road, Ado Ekiti. 

The father, who wasn’t happy with their courtship, was said to have mobilized his siblings to beat up the young boy. 

The boy reportedly d!ed from excessive bleeding following the injury sustained from the attack.

Speaking with newsmen, Sunday Abutu, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said, “The girl’s father and two other suspects have been arraigned and remanded in prison.”