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Man beheads wife, 3 year old daughter, commits suicide

A farmer, Olubusayo Sunday, 46, on Wednesday, committed suicide after beheading his wife and daughter.
In a statement issued by the Ogun State Police Command’s Public Relations, it stated that the incident occurred at Onigbedu town in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the man stabbed himself severely and set himself ablaze at about 1:15 p.m. on the day.
It was reported that, Sunday beheaded his wife, Oyewole, 40 and three-year-old daughter, Esther.
Adejobi said that police detectives attached to Ewekoro division have commenced investigation into the incident.
“The man, Mr Olubusayo, was noticed when he stabbed himself and wanted to jump into a well near his house, having set himself ablaze but was prevented and rescued by his neighbours, who later found out that he had wrecked a great havoc in his house, but he later died in the hospital.
“The wife, Oyewole Sunday and their daughter, Esther Sunday were beheaded by Olubusayo for reasons known to him and the three corpses have been kept at the General Hospital, Ifo, for autopsy and investigation.
“Up till this moment, no one or any member of the deceased family or neighbours could tell the police the cause of the incident, but the last statement Olubusayo made before he died, in the presence of the police detectives, suggested that there was a quarrel between him and his wife.