Man beheads wife, daughter, commits suicide

A 46-year-old farmer, Olubusayo Sunday was alleged to have
beheaded his wife, Oyewole and 3-year-old daughter, Esther,
before committing suicide in Onigbedu, Ewekoro Local Govern­
ment Area of Ogun State.
Saturday Sun learnt that the tragic incident occurred after a
heated argument over a yet undisclosed matter.
A bloodstained knife and a cutlass suspected to have been
used by the farmer on his wife and daughter have been
recovered from his house by police detectives.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Maida
Adejobi, the farmer was discovered to have earlier killed his
wife and daughter after but was prevented by neighbours from
jumping into a well, having stabbed and set himself ablaze.
Adejobi, a deputy superintendent of police, added that
Olubusayo later died in the hospital after telling police
detectives that a quarrel between him and his wife led to the
tragic incident.
The PPRO said, “police detectives attached to Ewekoro
Division of the Ogun State police command have commenced
investigation into a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, Janu­
ary 14, 2015 in Onigbedu town in Ewekoro Local Government
when one Olubusayo Sunday, 46, farmer, beheaded his wife
and daughter in his Onigbedu house, and committed suicide
by stabbing and setting himself ablaze after the ugly incident
about 1.15pm.
“The wife and the daughter, were beheaded for reasons known
to him and the three corpses have been deposited at the
General Hospital, Ifo while further investigation into the matter
has commenced.
“Up till this moment, no one or any member of the deceased
family or neighbours could intimate the police with the cause
of the incident, but the last statement Mr Olubusayo made
before he died, in the presence of the police detectives
suggested that there was a quarrel between him and his late
wife.”
The police spokesman also said that the state Commissioner
of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye who expressed shock over the
incident had directed that the matter be transferred to the
Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran, Abeokuta for
thorough investigation.