- A man identified as Stephen Nnadiogo was said to have stabbed his four children and a maid to death
- A witness stated that Nnadiogo stabbed the victims to death because his wife had told him that he wasn't the biological father of the children
- Nnadiogo also took his own life after killing the children and the maid
A 47-year-old man, Stephen Nnadiogo, on Saturday, February 24, reportedly killed his four children, maid and took his own life over his wife's infidelity.
The tragedy happened on Ntueke street, Awada Obosi, in the Idemili North local government area of Anambra state, Punch reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that Nnadiogo reportedly stabbed the victims to death with a knife, after which he committed suicide. It was learnt that the four children were aged between two and 10, while the housemaid, Ogechi, was said to be 18-year-old. All the victims hailed from Isu Njaba, Imo state.
Nnadiogo who was said to have had a strained relationship with his wife who he accused of infidelity, was reportedly told by his wife whenever they had disagreement that he wasn't the biological father of all the children.
According to a witness who spoke on condition of anonymity, the wife, Chika, was at her medicine shop around 8.45pm when all hell broke loose.
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The source said: “Whenever the couple had issues, the woman would say that he was not the biological father of their kids. She said that she engaged in extra marital affairs because her husband was impotent. The man would in turn call her a prostitute and a randy woman who could not be satisfied by one man.
“On Saturday, as the wife left their house for her medicine store in the evening, with their four children left behind, her husband called the children one after the other. He observed their face closely and thereafter began to stab them with a knife.”
The source said after stabbing all his children to death, Nnadiogo chased the housemaid around his apartment and killed her.
He added: “He hid himself in one of the rooms in the four-storeyed building where they lived and took his own life by taking poison. Before he killed himself, he said ‘let her (Chika) now go and stay with the biological father of her children."
The incident was confirmed by the divisional police officer, Martin Mbajunwa, who stated that investigation was ongoing.
He added: “The corpses of the victims have been deposited in a morgue."
According to the Anambra state police public relations officer, Nkeiruka Nwode, Nnadiogo was recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital in Abia state.
She said: “I was at the scene of the incident yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday). For now, I can’t give a comprehensive report of what happened. Whatever that happened is inexplicable. It is better we wait for the medical reports to provide additional details. It was said that the man just left a psychiatric hospital in Arochukwu, Abia state.”
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Nwode stated that Nnadiogo dropped a letter before committing the crime, but said it was premature to reveal its content.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a man identified as Lesiba Kekana, pleaded guilty to murder charges leveled against him in Limpopo high court, South Africa.
The 37-year-old man killed his four children after an argument with their mother, Lorraine Kekana who was in Guateng at the time. He had accused her over the phone of having affairs with other men and after ending the call, he picked up a kitchen knife with which he slit his children's throats.
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Source: Naija.ng