Man machetes two children to death in Edo state

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An unknown man has butchered two children to death in Okha II village, off Old Sapele Road in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
It was gathered that the man attacked a neighbouring family of five with a matchet and killed the two children and left others with serious injuries.
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The victims were, Destiny Oliver, three and Samson Oliver, six.
Their mother, Chinere Oliver, was said to have fled for her lifeThose who survived the attack had been rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Ugbowo and are in a critical condition at the moment.
The spokesperson of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police, DSP Noble Uwoh, told Punch that the suspect murdered the two children in his neighbour’s apartment, following a quarrel between him and the Olivers.
He said, “The man had a misunderstanding with one woman.
“The woman ran away and the man went to her house and murdered a six-year-old boy and another three-year-old boy.
“The same suspect went ahead to inflict serious injuries on two other children of that woman who are currently undergoing treatment and the two corpses have been deposited in the mortuary.
“The injured ones are Gift Oliver, eight years, and Goodness Oliver, four years”, Uwoh said.
He also noted that although the suspected killer ran away, “investigation is ongoing and efforts are in place to arrest him”.

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