A 46-year-old man simply identified as Jegede Ojengbede on Sunday committed suicide in Ise Ekiti after his failed attempt to slaughter his two daughters.
A statement by the Ise Ekiti Command of Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun issued by its Director of Information, Adeleye Adewale, said it took the intervention of the security agency to foil Ojengbede’s plan to kill his daughters who are aged 15 and 10 years old.
Witness accounts indicated that the deceased was a notorious drug addict and the foiled manslaughter attempt might have been influenced by his purported substance abuse.
His body was said to have been found hanged on a tree on the outskirts of the town.
According to the security agency, the timely arrival of the Amotekun Operatives saved the two siblings who were almost dead having sustained serious injuries but were quickly rushed to an undisclosed hospital in the town where they are receiving medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the incident was said to have thrown the community into pandemonium as it was a taboo but another witness account said certain rituals had been performed on the deceased by traditional chiefs of the town in line with the traditions of the community.
It was gathered that the Ise Ekiti division of the Nigeria Police has commenced thorough investigation of the incident after it was officially informed by the Amotekun Operatives.
