EDO POLICE HUNT FOR MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS FIANCEE, DAUGHTER

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The Edo police command has begun a manhunt for a suspect who is suspected of killing his fiancée, Mama Hallelujah, and her daughter, Miracle, who is three years old.

This information was provided to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by CSP Moses Yamu, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement released on Tuesday in Benin.

According to Yamu, a concerned neighbor in Ovbiogoe Community, close to Ekiadolor, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state, found the horrific murder of the mother and child on March 18.

He said that the concerned neighbour had reported a foul smell coming from the victim’s residence on Idiangbona Street.

”Acting on the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ekiadolor, alongside operatives, forced their way into the apartment, which had been locked from the outside.

”Inside, they found the decomposing bodies of the woman and her child.

“The woman had a deep cut on her head, suspected to be from a machete, while the child was lifeless on the bed,” Yamu explained.

According to him, preliminary investigations implicated the suspect, who has been missing since the discovery.

”The couple had been preparing for their wedding, scheduled for March 29, before the tragic incident.

“All evidence so far points to the fiancé, who has since gone underground.