‘Mentally unstable’ man hacks his son and two other children to d3ath with machete in Ondo community

A man suspected to be mentally unstable has k!lled three children, including his own son, in Okitipupa, Ondo State. 

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The shocking domestic incident which occurred on Tuesday, April 6, 2026 has thrown the community into grief. 

The victims, all members of the same extended family, were reportedly attacked and k!lled with a machete inside their home.

The deceased include a female student enrolled in the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) programme, a young boy identified as her cousin, and another boy said to be the biological son of the suspected attacker.

According to preliminary information gathered from residents, the suspect, a male relative believed to be mentally unstable, allegedly carried out the attack earlier in the day.

“Three children from the family of Baba Agbaye were brutally m8rdered in a shocking and tragic attack,” a distraught resident narrated.

“The victims include a female student in JUPEB and two young boys. Among them were Baba Agbaye’s biological daughter, the son of his elder brother’s child, and the biological son of the suspected attacker.”

The resident said the whole community is in shock

Sources familiar with the incident said the head of the family, Baba Agbaye, along with his wife and their youngest son, had gone to their oil farm earlier on Tuesday. 

On their way back, they reportedly encountered the suspect heading toward the Ayeka area.

“When they met him and questioned him, he claimed he was coming from Baba Agbaye’s house,” a resident said. They were unaware that he had already carried out the gruesome act.”

The victims’ bodies have since been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital, as authorities are expected to begin investigation.