NEWS: Benue- Hunter Shoots Three Wife Included
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| Identified Killer. Source:nigerianwatch |
Bush Hunter identified as Jerome Adoko has since been arrested by the police for shooting three people including his wife and mother-in-law along with their local pastor after an altercation over a plot of land turned nasty in Benue State.
Mr Adoko from Iwewe-Ichama community in Okpokwu Local Government Area of the state has been arrested by the police for shooting his wife, Regina, his mother-in-law, Esther Edoga and the clergyman Eze Udoh. Apparently, the pastor died from the injuries he sustained from the gunshot wounds, while the two other victims are still undergoing treatment in hospital.
It is believed that the suspect and his wife had been at loggerheads over the ownership of a parcel of land in the community, while efforts by their relatives to settle the dispute had hit a brick wall. Mr Adoko was said to have claimed that he owned the land while the wife insisted that they jointly raised funds to buy it.
Apparently, both parties had maintained an uneasy silence until last Thursday when Jerome accused his wife of cutting up and cooking an animal he hunted in the bush without his permission. One relative said Jerome cashed in on the Thursday’s altercation to attack his wife over the land, adding that the pastor wanted to make peace when he was hit by stray bullets.
He added: “Jerome and his wife have an issue over a parcel of land and families of both parties have been trying to sort it out. But he insisted that the land belonged to him and that day, he said his wife cut up and cooked an animal without seeking his consent.
“He confronted the wife, which led to exchange of words between them. The mother-in-law, who was on a visit to their house, tried to calm them down but to no avail, so he went into his room and brought out a gun he used for hunting.”
According to the relative the mother-in-law raised the alarm and the pastor and other neighbors came out to stop him. He added that the hunter wanted to shoot his wife but the pastor and the mother-in-law were also hit.