Driver Jonathan Marcus has been detained by the police in relation to the brutal murder of Adebola Ezekiel and his wife Abiodun, who are 80 and 79 years old, respectively….READ FULL ARTICLE
According to a source in The Nation, the couple’s throats had been slit with daggers when they were found dead in their Apo flat in Abuja. According to Bennett Igweh, the FCT Commissioner of Police, the horrific incident happened in the couple’s Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja, residence on April
1. During the procession, Igweh displayed Marcus and other suspects.
During an interview with reporters, Marcus, a resident of Maiduguri, described his reasons for the killings. He stated that his relationship with the couple, whom he frequently chauffeured as a mechanic, soured over financial disagreements and job interference. Marcus claimed that despite his long tenure, the husband didn’t sufficiently pay him, which caused financial difficulties for his family.
Marcus explained that he became increasingly frustrated when the couple interfered with his mechanic work and ignored his financial needs, reaching a breaking point. He shared that despite his complaints, the husband dismissed his concerns with religious clichés, refusing to acknowledge his struggles.
In regards to the crime, Marcus confessed to fatally stabbing the couple with a knife, then taking the husband’s ATM card and wallet before fleeing. He expressed remorse for killing the wife, stating, “I didn’t intend to kill her, but she was present when I went to harm her husband.”
Hear him speak: “I did not want to kill the wife, but she was around on that day I went to kill her husband. I did not kill them because of money; I killed them because of the way they did not allow me to do my mechanic work and their behavior towards me.
I had been driving him for more than 10 years, but the man never helped me with even N50,000. I killed them out of frustration....READ FULL ARTICLE
