Ikorodu Family Tragedy: Man killed wife and son over child’s paternity

BlackBox Nigeria has continued to gather more details regarding the death of a trio in Ikorodu area of Lagos earlier yesterday morning. Recall that we reported that the late Enife Omomo killed his wife and last son as a result of depression caused by lack of finances to take care of his family. 

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It was also reported that the three children have been sitting at home for atleast two academic terms while their colleagues attended school. 

The latest information gathered by BlackBox Nigeria however has it that Enife a commercial motorcyclist might not have killed his family solely because of a financial misfortune. 

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Our correspondent observed people lamenting that the man was a monster who killed his wife and son because he was convinced he wasn’t the father of the murdered son. 

According to a neighbour who spoke to BlackBox Nigeria on condition of anonymity, the late Enife was always being mocked by his friends and fellow motorcyclist that he wasn’t the biological father of his last child. He was told the boy didn’t even look like him unlike the other two children before him. 

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BlackBox Nigeria was further told that Enife Omomo had in recent times withdrawn from the society while keeping to himself. He was alleged to have been battling something within him which eventually overwhelmed him to kill his family and himself. 

Another neighbour told BlackBox Nigeria that the couple sat together outside till late Thursday night before entering their one room apartment. 

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“We just noticed that they turned on the radio and increased the volume to the extent that it was disturbing everybody in the compound but because it was late and everyone had gone to bed, nobody cared to check what was happening,” a neighbour who doesn’t want to be mentioned said. 

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Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency and the local vigilante group, Onyabo eventually came to evacuate the bodies.

More details to come…