Osun State Police Command says it has arrested Taye Kasali in connection with the alleged killing of his mother, Kudirat Kasali, in Bode-Osi, Ola Oluwa Local Government Area.
Police say Kudirat and her son were reported missing at the Bode-Osi Division on September 1.
Investigators later arrested Kasali on September 7.
The arrest does not establish that he is guilty of killing his mother.
Police say the investigation is continuing and that he is expected to be charged after it is completed.
Police say remains were recovered from family farm
According to the Osun police account, investigators recovered Kudirat Kasali’s remains from a shallow grave on the family farm after Kasali’s arrest.
Police also say a machete was recovered during the investigation.
Those recoveries form part of the evidence police are examining.
They do not by themselves amount to a judicial finding that Kasali committed the killing, and no reported finding has yet established that the recovered machete was used in the death.
Police report a confession
Police spokesperson Abiodun Ojelabi says Kasali confessed during interrogation to killing his mother.
Police say he told investigators that the killing occurred on August 31 and subsequently led officers to the farm where her remains were recovered.
August 31 remains the date attributed to Kasali’s alleged account as relayed by police. It should not be treated as independently established beyond that account.
The alleged confession has also not yet been tested in court.
If the case proceeds to prosecution, the court will determine what evidence is admissible, what the prosecution can prove and what weight should be attached to any alleged confession.
Alleged dispute over farmland
Police say Kasali gave investigators an account of a dispute involving the family’s farmland.
According to the police version, he alleged that his mother had repeatedly referred to him as a “mad person” and had threatened to lease out the farmland, which he described as an important source of livelihood for the family.
That account comes from the suspect as relayed by police.
It is not an independently established motive.
The existence of a family dispute does not, by itself, prove why Kudirat Kasali was killed or who was responsible.
From missing-person report to homicide investigation
The case began as a missing-person report.
Police say Kudirat and Kasali were initially reported missing on September 1.
Investigators then gathered intelligence that led to Kasali’s arrest six days later.
The recovery of Kudirat’s remains transformed the inquiry into a homicide investigation.
That sequence also raises a practical public-safety issue: how quickly missing-person reports are investigated can matter when disappearance may be connected to violence.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, has urged residents to report missing persons and suspicious activity promptly.
What investigators still have to establish
Police have announced an arrest, a reported confession, the recovery of remains and a recovered machete.
But a criminal case requires more than an announcement.
Investigators still need to establish a reliable timeline, whether evidence links the recovered machete to the killing, the circumstances surrounding the alleged confession, and any independent evidence connecting the suspect to the death.
Those issues become especially important if charges are filed and the evidence is tested in open court.
The accountability test
Police say Kasali will be charged after the investigation is concluded.
That means the next stage is not simply another police statement.
It is whether investigators can produce evidence capable of surviving judicial scrutiny.
For Kudirat Kasali’s family, that process should establish what happened, who bears criminal responsibility and whether the case can be proved according to law.
For the public, the legal distinction remains essential:
Taye Kasali has been arrested in connection with his mother’s death. Police say he confessed and led investigators to her remains, but those claims have not yet been tested in court and guilt has not been established.