A man identified as Mr Adesitimi, an ICT consultant was on Tuesday night, October 25, killed at his residence in Okuta Elerinla Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.
It was gathered that late Adesitimi was hacked to death with an axe at about 9pm while at home with his wife.
Adesitimi’s wife, however escaped through the back door.
The incident was said to have happened barely nine months after the deceased’s daughter was killed in a similar circumstance
The eldest son of the deceased, Atinu Adesitimi, said the assailant came in the evening of the fateful day to carry out the dastardly act.
He said;
“ My parents were at home that evening when they heard a bang at the gate at about 9 pm. Under normal circumstances, we were very conscious about security after the death of my younger sister.
“According to my mother, who was watching the scene through the window said she saw two people who forced themselves into the compound through the gate.
“According to her, their faces were not clearly seen because the place was dark. All that she saw was the gun in the hand of one of the men who followed my dad back into the main building which was a little distance from the gate.
“She overheard the men asking my father, where is the document? My mum, who witnessed what was happening, took to her heels through the back door to our neighbour’s house where she was able to call the policemen.
“The policemen at the checkpoint, rather than follow us to our house to save the situation, they took us back to their station where we wasted time.
“By the time my mum and the policemen returned to the house, my father was already dead.”
Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident said investigation has commenced.
Odunlami said:
“We can’t tell how it happened or how he was hacked to death as investigation is fully in top gear on the issue.”
