Nigerian human rights defender, anti-d£ath penalty advocate k!lled with a sledgehammer by his 17-year-old son over money in Edo state

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a teenage boy identified as Arthur Angel Jr. for allegedly k!lling his 70-year-old father, Arthur Judah Angel over money in Ugboha, in Esan South East Local Government Area of the state.

Arthur Judah Angel, an Anti-death penalty advocate and human rights defender, was k!lled on Sunday, 14th of July, 2024, and buried in a shallow grave behind his house.

According to sources, Angel, who was sentenced to death in 1986 for a crime he said he did not commit, used his foundation, Life Wire International Foundation, to fight for the use of the death penalty in the country.

He travelled to over 15 countries to speak out against the d€ath penalty through his art exhibitions and drawings.

The Spokesman for the Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the said incident in a statement on Wednesday, 17th of July, 2024 said that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased’s son had threatened to k!ll his father before he hit him with a sledgehammer

The statement reads,

“On the 15th of July, 2024, at about 09.00 hours, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ugboha division in Edo State received a complaint that one Arthur Angel Jr. (17 years) brought a complaint of a shallow grave discovery at the backyard of the compound where he lived with the deceased,” the statement read.

“Immediately, the DPO mobilized his men and they moved out to the scene. On getting there, they saw a shallow grave and decided to exhume the body

“When the body was exhumed, they discovered that it was the lifeless body of Arthur Angel, 70, and at a close look, they saw a sharp injury on the back of the deceased head, and the body was taken to Uromi Hospital mortuary.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>