Ekiti state Police Command has arrested one Victor Lorjaal of Aba Ile camp, Itaji-Ekiti, for macheting his mother, one Mrs Victoria Lorjaal, and his elder sister, one Brenda Lorjaal, to death .
This is made known in a press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Sunday Abutu to newsmen on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti said the suspect committed the offence on March 25 while on the farm.
According to him, one of the children of the deceased, who was an eye witness, narrated that while working with the suspect on the farm, he suddenly left him and went to meet their mother and sister at a distant location where they were also working.
He narrated that shortly after the suspect left, he heard his mother screaming for help but before he could get closer, the suspect committed the distard act and took to his heel with the cutlass he used, only to meet the two victims in the pool of their blood.
The PPRO added that the state Commissioner of Polce, CP, Joseph Eribo, has ordered a thorough investigation into the unfortunate incident, while commiserating with the friends and family of the deceased.
He said that the suspect would be charged to court immediately after the completion of investigation.
