Domestic Violence: Wife kills husband, 3 children, self in Markurdi

The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that a family of five were found brutally murdered at their residence on Friday.

The bodies of Nicholas Adetsav, his wife, and three children, were found naked and in a pool of blood at their residence on Vandeikya street, Makurdi.

Police say the reports it gathered claimed the wife had murdered her husband and children, before killing herself.

The couple, both staff of Makurdi Local Government Council, were always having issues, police authorities said in a statement made available to NAN on Saturday.

Police Spokesman in the state, Moses Yamu, said witnesses claimed to have seen the wife with a pestle trying to destroy her husband’s car.

“From the information available to us, the woman has been having issues with her husband which might have culminated into this,” Yamu said.

“The incident happened around 8:30 pm on Friday; from what we have gathered, the couple fight on daily basis.”

He added that when police arrived the house, they met the children and the wife already dead, while the husband was foaming in the mouth. The wife had a knife in her hands, the spokesman said.

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The Chairman, Makurdi Local Government Council, Mrs. Akange Audu, who is theconfirmed that the couple were staff of the Local government.

“The husband worked in the Department of Finance while his wife worked with the Department of Agriculture,” Audu said.

Yamu disclosed that the bodies of the couple and their children were taken to St. Theresa’s Catholic Hospital, Makurdi, while investigation was ongoing.