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Tipper driver shoots wife, two sons dead over infidelity claims in Edo

Tipper driver shoots wife, two sons dead over infidelity claims in Edo

A 35-year-old tipper driver who shot his wife and two sons dead in Ovbioge area of Edo State on Sunday was, today, paraded by the police.

The suspect, identified as Uwaila Idehen, committed the crime following an argument with his wife that he engaged in extramarital affairs.

An enraged Uwaila was said to have shot through the door after his terrified wife and children had ran into a room and locked themselves in.

Uwaila, during his parade, said his wife constantly accused him of frolicking with many girlfriends. He said he didn’t know what came over him as he pulled the trigger on his family.

The shots killed the wife and two sons instantly. The girl, however, luckily survived.

“I am a tipper driver. We are two children in my family, my elder sister and me. I am 35 years old. My wife had three children for me, a girl and two boys. The girl is six years, and the boys were three and two years old respectively,” he said.

“I don’t know what came over me, and I was not drunk. Due to the nature of my job, my wife always accused me of having affairs with other women, but it is not true.

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“At times, when she sees me with my female customers, she will start an argument with me, but I always assure her that there was nothing like that and that my concern was how to take care of the three kids we had together.

“I always walk away whenever she got me provoked but that Sunday, I don’t know what came over me. Instead of just leaving the house, I picked up my gun and shot through the door and the bullet pierced through the plywood door and hit my wife and the two boys. The girl narrowly escaped,” he added.

Police say he would soon be arraigned for murder.

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