An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos, Thursday, remanded a 34-year-old carpenter, Olanrewaju Ewebiyi, at Ikoyi Prisons, Lagos over alleged patricide.

Olanrewaju was alleged to have murdered his father, Michael Ewebiyi, at Oworonsoki area of the metropolis.

The Magistrate, Mr. T. J. Adefioye, said the accused should remain in prison custody pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl. Onaiwu Iyobosa, had told the court that the accused committed the crime on August 17 at 1p.m.

Iyobosa said the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The case was adjourned to November 6.