It was a case of domestic disagreement gone sour, Thursday,
in Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.
A 32 -year-old mentally deranged woman,simply identified as
Elo Elili, sent her father, Warrant
Officer Jonah Elili (rtd) and his wife, aged 75 and 65 respectively, to their early grave by
hitting them severally with a pestle thus causing grief and sorrow in the
family of two boys and five girls .
The remains of the couple were said to have been
discovered early Thursday by a neighbour
who came knocking on their door to buy from their petty shop.
According to sources, the woman who was eager to make a
purchase, had peeped into the house after knocking effortlessly without any
response and raised the alarm on seeing the husband and wife lying in the pool
of their blood.
Reliable sources in the area disclosed that the last they
knew or heard about the family was when the retired soldier came out to drag
her mentally deranged daughter who ran outside unclad (ostensibly because of
her insanity) back into the house and locked her up.
However in her statement of defense at the Oleh Police
Station where she was arrested, Elo, who is believed to have a twin sister who
is also affected with insanity and has since walked away from the community
without any trace, said; “My parents hate me, locked me up in a room where they
first hit me before I retaliated with a pestle, I saw blood and that is all I
know.”
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Oleh Division,
CSP Lawrence Ogoegbulem, confirmed the incident, saying signal had been sent to the appropriate
authorities and the case will be
transferred immediately.
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