By Amgbare Ekaunkumo,Yenagoa
A 45 years old man named Mr. Patrick Markson, has allegedly killed his wife and committed suicide over marital dispute in their Yenagoa residence, Thursday morning.
Daybreak gathered that Markson, who hails from Onopa community was a civil servant who works with the Yenagoa Local Government Area Council, allegedly hit the wife’s head with a sledged hammer while she was in a deep sleep, and watch her bleed to death.
After committing the heinous crime, he decided to end his own life by allegedly taking a substances suspected to be snipper insecticides, and laid on the same bed close to where he had killed the wife, at their residence on Odede street, off Tombia Amassoma road.
The 35 years old wife, identified as Hannah Markson, hials from Okotiama community in Gbarain clan, in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State.
A family source, who spoke to our Correspondent on condition of anonymity said “I was surprised when I heard the news about their death. I know they were having issues and two weeks ago he complained to me about some marital issues, and I told him that we will see and discuss but we never did”
This morning a friend called me that both husband and wife were dead; that the husband (Patrick) beat the wife to death and drank snipper after his action.
I’m so shocked at the news, who did they leave the six children to, what a world.
According to the elder sister of the wife, Mrs. Boufuru Timipre, her sister was a gentle lady that had no time for problems.
She said”The genesis of their problems was when my husband died and I had a contract which I engaged him to benefit, after the contract he got N800,000 for himself and never gave anything to the wife, she was bittered and reported the issue to me, I approached him and told him what he did was bad to had treated her like that, because I involved him due to the facts that he married my sister but I didn’t suspect it will result to this, look now they are both gone”.
A compound chief and the head of Aputu family, Chief Anthony Jacob, said I was shocked when I got the news that Patrick and his wife were both dead in such a circumstance as this because I haven’t gotten any earlier report on them, nothing at all. We are so sad, what a way to die.
The deceased left behind six children, of whom the eldest is a level 2, male son in the state owned, Niger Delta University.
When contacted for confirmation, the Bayelsa State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, said he has not be brief on the incident and promised to get back at the time of filling in this report.
