Tragedy occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital when a Ghanaian identified as Bonga Augustus hacked his wife to death with an axe, mauled his step-daughter before killing himself.
The incident happened overnight on Thursday in Baba Ijebu Village, Akanran, Ona Ara council area of Ibadan, Oyo State where Bonga said to be in his 60’s was a farmer.
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The Ghanaian reportedly killed his wife identified as Margaret and a native of Benue state on the middle of the night on Thursday after an argument.
The incident came as a surprise to their neighbours who reiterated that the couple has always lived in peace, enjoyed a cordial relationship and no serious strife had existed between the couple before the incident.
According to the neighbours;
“They were hard working couple who looked good living together. From what we knew, they did not always quarrel. People knew them as a happy couple in the community. But in the middle of the night, we were awoken by a scream from the couple’s room. By the time we were able to intervene, he had used an axe to injure his wife.
We could not safe her because he threatened to attack us with the axe. The woman’s intestine protruded. When the stepdaughter moved close to the man, he also stabbed her with the axe. She was injured in the face and spinal cord.
A little while after, the woman died. We prevented the husband from running away. Knowing that he had been overpowered, he ripped his stomach open with the axe. He was taken to the Akanran Police Station where he died. The stepdaughter was later taken to a hospital for treatment.”
The step-daughter who was injured was 16 and preparing for her final secondary school examination when the incident happened.