Petrol station owner kills wife, commits suicide in Ondo

A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide by drinking sniper, an insect-killing substance.

It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday in the Alagbaka area of the town.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adelabu was the owner of the Emirate Filling Stations in Akure.

Confirming the incident, the police public relations officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the command had commenced an investigation into the matter.

She said the commissioner of police, Abayomi Oladapo, had ordered the homicide section to take over the case.

According to the spokesperson of the police, on February 9, a distress call was received by the police of ‘A’ Division

Akure, by men of the Special Protection Unit, over the death of a socialite and petrol station owner, Sesan Adelabu, and his wife, Bolu.

“The officer attached to the deceased in his house at the Alagbaka area in Akure received a call from the deceased child around 6pm, asking after his father because he was not picking up his calls.

“The policeman, while trying to inform his principal, discovered him lying lifeless in the toilet, while his wife’s body was found in bed with multiple cuts on her head and face, suspected to be from a machete.

“An empty container of sniper was also found at the scene.

“Investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances leading to the unfortunate incident, and the scene cordoned off to enable the police do the needful,” he said. (NAN)