A socialite and petrol station owner, Sesan Adelabu popularly known as Emirate, from Akure, Ondo State, has reportedly hacked his wife to death and then committed suicide by drinking the insecticide Sniper.
The incident is believed to have occurred on Friday in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.
His and his wife's bodies were deposited at the mortuary.
Adelabu was the owner of Emirates Petrol Station in Akure.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Funmilayo Odunlami Omisanya, confirmed the incident, saying the police command had commenced investigation into the matter.
She said the Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Oladapo, had ordered the Homicide Unit to take over the case.
According to the PPRO, an emergency call was made on February 9 by operatives of the Special Security Unit of the Akure-A Police District regarding a suspected murder-suicide involving socialite and petrol station owner, Sesan Adelabu, and his wife, Bolu Adelabu.
“The police officer in charge of the deceased at his home in Alagbaka area of Akure State received a call at about 6pm from the deceased child enquiring about the safety of his father as he was not answering his calls.
“When police officers went to inform the principal, they found him face down in the bathroom, dead, while the body of his wife was found on the bed with multiple cuts on her head and face, suspected to have been caused by a machete.
Meanwhile, an empty sniper rifle container was also found at the scene.
“Investigations have been launched to establish the circumstances which led to this unfortunate incident and the scene has been sealed off to allow police to carry out the necessary investigations,” the PPRO said.
