Ondo Petrol Dealer Kills Wife, Commits Suicide

Sesan Adelabu, a dealer of PETROLEUM products headquartered in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, is claimed to have fatally macheted his wife Bolu Adelabu on Friday at their home in the city’s Alagbaka GRA neighborhood.

Adelabu, a well-known dealer in the state who went as Emirate, the name of his retail establishment, was claimed to have killed his wife and then killed himself by poisoning himself with what was thought to be insecticide.

The son of the dead called the Special Protection Unit officer posted to his apartment on Friday night, claiming to have been calling him on the phone multiple times and that he was not returning the calls.

On entering the house, the policeman discovered Adelabu’s lifeless body on the floor in the toilet, while the remains of his wife was found on the bed, with several matchet cuts; with an empty bottle of the insecticide on the floor.

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The remains of Adelabu and his wife have since been evacuated to the mortuary by the police.

A news release from the Spokesperson of Ondo State Police Command, SP ‘Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya confirmed the incident.

She noted that the State Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Oladipo, has ordered the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case.

According to Omisanya, investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances leading to the unfortunate incident, adding that the scene has been cordoned off to enable police do the needful.

No family member of the deceased couple has spoken on the incident as at the time of filing this report