Tears and sorrow filled Ovbiogie community in Ovia North East local government area of Edo state after a 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two sons in a fit of anger, following an allegation of infidelity.
The man who was simply identified as Uwaila said to
have shot through the door into the room where his wife and children ran
into for safety and locked themselves in, following an argument.
In
deep despair, sympathizers wailed uncontrollably when officials of the
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) came to evacuate the corpses of the
mother and sons.
Narrating what happened, the suspect who was in
police custody, said his wife accused him of having girlfriends and
threatened to retaliate by going out with other men.
Uwaila said
he drove out of the house in anger and came back to see that his wife
locked herself and his sons inside one of the rooms.
The suspect said he shot through the door, adding that in the process, the bullet hit them on the bed.
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