How on earth should children take laws into their hand and beat their father to death? This is the question police and relatives are trying to figure out as two sons of a popular hotel chain, Emekeme Joseph sons allegedly clubbed him to death. The deceased was until his untimely death in the hands of his son’s was the owner of Convenant Suites and Hotel in Warri and a deacon of Winners Chapel.
According to investigations,the man was assaulted by his two sons for allegedly found in the company of a girl friend and blackmailed him to part with a huge sum failure which they will inform.their mum then holidaying in the United states. The sons who graduated from Covenant University allegedly demanded a million naira bribe or they’ll inform their mum . It is said that the father called off their bluff and true to their threat they reported the affair to their mother who was incensed. It was gathered that the next day the father dropped by at the Coca Cola depot of the wife and when the sons saw him they hounded him out of the place.
According to insiders he angrily went home and seized the keys of the cars of the sons which drew their ire and they descended on him with blows and kicks. He called the police and the boys broke the head of one of the police men.
The boys were arrested and the father was rushed to the hospital. The condition of the father was deteriorating quickly and he was referred to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where he was fighting for his life.
on learning about the situation in her family,the wife quickly flew back to the country and facilitated the release of the sons from the police custody and strangely discharged the husband against doctor’s advise from UBTH where he was in a coma and brought him home where he later died.
By Isaac Afolabi Olulade
