13-year-old boy narrates how his parents killed themselves, police launch investigation
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
A boy aged 13 has recounted how his parents engaged in a machete fight that led to their deaths on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over the alleged adulterous lifestyle of the father, a police officer.
The couple’s lifeless bodies were discovered in a pool of blood that day at their residence where they lived with their four children.
Reports said the wife usually accused her husband, identified as Caleb, who was said to be a policeman, of infidelity.
A viral video posted on Instagram by Daodu Sammy Gbenga shows a boy said to be one of the couple’s children who disclosed that, initially, there was no noticeable dispute between his parents on the night of the tragedy,
“Before my daddy died, he said he would tell me his story. But whenever my mum came home, he became afraid. I asked him why, but he never gave an answer,” the boy recounted, per reporting by The PUNCH.
“My father came home around 9pm that day. He refused to eat because my mum wasn’t back yet. But when she finally arrived, they played together. They were talking, laughing, and even telling us stories.”
The child said after spending time with the family, his father picked up his Bible, and they all had their night prayers before going to bed.
Chaos erupted in the middle of the night. “I started hearing the sound of a cutlass,” the boy narrated
“I quickly woke my sister up, and we tried to get into their room, but they had locked the door. My sister ran outside, picked up a big stone, and hit it against the door, but it didn’t open still.
“Meanwhile, we could still hear our dad and mum screaming at each other. So, we ran to the next house to get help from the boys living there.
“But there was silence by the time we returned. The boys forced the door open, and we found our parents lying on the floor, covered in blood. The boys rushed them to the hospital.”
A resident in the area corroborated the boy’s narrative.
“From what I saw, it looked like they had a serious disagreement, but no one can say for sure. It seemed as if the woman cut off the man’s private part, and in retaliation, he inflicted a fatal wound on her. Nobody knows exactly what happened, but that’s what I suspect,” the source said.
Ekiti Police Command Public Relations Officer Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident and said it is being investigated.
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