A man who was arraign in court for raping his aunt ,and latter granted bail ,killed his 80 year old grand pa Pa Asemienwalen, for informing the police about his involvement in raping his aunt.
This incident that took place in Ekpoma, the headquarters of Esan West local government area of Edo State, put the whole community in fear and astonishment as to what could have gone wrong with suspect.
According to information received ,it was the late grand pa that raised Osagie being the suspect after the death of his father when he was a little boy.
Maria, the aunt and a 500-level student of Ambrose Alli Unviersity, Ekpoma, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, said she had to relocate to Benin-City following threat to her life by the suspect’s associate after his arrest for the murder and transfer to Benin city for further investigations. Narrating the story, she, tearfully, said about two months to her father’s murder, the grandson became a terror to the family while all advice from the old man to mend his bad ways fell on deaf ears.
*Asemienwalen...dead for reporting grandson’s alleged crime
“About months to my father’s death, he, Osagie, burgled the house and removed my father’s valuables and money. As a result, we stopped leaving valuables, money and telephone handsets in the house,” the aunt alleged.
“As if this was not enough, when he learnt that my junior sister, Juliet, left her telephone handset in the farm, and was on her way to retrieve it, he secretly followed her and raped her after beating her. Unable to bear this abomination, my father reported the incident to the police at Ekpoma who arrested him and charged the matter to court after investigations.
“He was granted bail by the magistrate court at Ekpoma and the matter was adjourned to 30 May, 2013 for hearing. Once he was out of custody, Osagie vowed that my father will pay with his life for reporting the case to the police. My father reported the threat to his life to the police at Ekpoma and begged them to protect him.
The case which was supposed to come up on the 30th May ,could not sit ,and the suspect ceased the opportunity to execute his evil act by strucking in the early hours of that day and strangled the old man to death in order to cover up his evil deeds .
It is revealed that the culprits have been re-arrested by the police ,and will soon be charged to court for murder if found guilty of the offence after investigation.
