12-Year-Old Narrates How Mother Killed Father With Pestle In Ondo, Flees After The Killing

A 12-year-old boy, Ibukun Solomon, has narrated how his mother, Tayelolu, killed his father, Felix, with a pestle while he was sleeping, after a minor argument in Ondo town, Ondo State.

Our correspondent gathered the mother of three reportedly killed her 65-year-old husband, a farmer, by hitting him thrice with a pestle while he slept in their GRA house in Ondo town. The couple had been having recurrent crises lately, with the wife often threatening to kill Felix.

Narrating the tragic incident, Ibukun told newsmen his mother fatally struck his sleeping father’s head with a pestle following another quarrel. “She used the pestle to hit his head when he was asleep. Earlier they had a fight. After the fight, my father went to lie on the chair and my mother hit his head with the pestle three times. He became unconscious and fell down. My mother hid the pestle and ran away,” he recounted.

Ibukun alerted residents who rushed Felix to hospital but he died. His corpse is now in the morgue. A brother of the deceased revealed efforts to mediate the couple’s incessant fights were unsuccessful despite the wife’s murder threats. Though police are yet to comment, a top officer said the fleeing suspect will soon be arrested for murder.

Ibukun lamented losing his father to his mother’s chilling attack while asleep. The shocking case has distressed Ondo town residents. With the perpetrator at large, police are under pressure to swiftly apprehend her and ensure justice for the heinous matricide.