Pandemonium broke out in the Sabo area of Ondo city when a 66-year-old woman, Florence Olaloye, was found in the pool of her blood in her room.
Olaloye was said to have been allegedly murdered by one of her grandchildren in her residence, located at Labeta, Sabo in the Ondo West Local Government area of the State.
The Hope Metro gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when one of the woman’s grandchildren she sent on an errand returned only to meet her in the pool of her blood.
The grandchild identified as Pelumi was said to be living with her.
He was said to have raised an alarm after which the issue was reported at the Fagun police station in the town.
When our reporter visited the house, members of the family and neighbours were seen discussing the issue in a hushed tone and were in a mourning mood.
The grandchild living with the victim, Pelumi who has been picked up by the police, in an interview with The Hope said on the fateful day, the victim sent him to get snails to make stew for rice they wanted to eat.
“As I was about to leave the house, my brother, Vincent came in and said he wanted to iron his clothes, immediately I went inside the room and gave him the iron and I left to get the snail.
“When I came back, my brother was still in the room with my grandmother. After, she asked me to bring firewoods. When I came back, I met grandma on the floor in the pool of her blood.
“Grandmother and my brother were not in good term on the issue that my brother smokes marijuana. On the fateful day, a fight erupted between them before I left the house because my brother did not do the work grandmother gave to him” he explained.
Also speaking, Vincent the grandchild who was said to be with the victim when Pelumi went out, in a chat with The Hope stated that ” I came home, I later went to Orimolade where I saw my friend, he later followed me home to drink garri on getting home, my mother was sleeping. I later went to my grandmother’s house where I met her dead body on the floor.
Lamenting the killing of the deceased, Vincent who was a suspect, said he raised alarm and alerted neighbours when he saw his grandmother in the pool of blood.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Funmi Odunlami said that she was yet to receive the report, assuring that the command would investigate the matter.
The Hope
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