Tragedy struck the Kpeyiborme
community, near Kpeve in the
Peki District, last Friday when a
37-year-old farmer brutally
murdered his three-year-old
son.
The suspect, Gideon Abotsi, aka
Jarah, allegedly severed the
head of his son, Sitsofe Abotsi,
with a machete on a piece of
wood to protest his wife’s
decision to not have sex with
him again.
Abotsi is currently in the
custody of the Peki-Avetile
Police, who are conducting
investigations into the matter.
Meanwhile, members of the
farming community are still in a
state of shock over the conduct
of the suspect and wondering
what could have come over the
man, whom some described as
reserved and calm and who lived
peacefully with his wife, Sena
Ahiable, and their children.
According to some neighbours,
they had lately witnessed a
change in Abotsi’s behaviour, as
he easily picked quarrels with
his wife.
Sitsofe’s mother is said to be
devastated and inconsolable.
The Peki District Police
Commander, Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP)
Mr Jonas Agbevam, said Abotsi
had confessed he had been
under the influence of Indian
hemp that day.
Narrating the incident to the
Daily Graphic, Mr Agbevam
disclosed that the suspect and
his wife had been married for 11
years and had four children.
The boy he allegedly murdered
was the last of his children.
Mr Agbevam stated that the
suspect and his wife had, for
some time now, been having
misunderstandings over the
upkeep of the children, with the
woman alleged to have accused
the man of being irresponsible,
for which reason she would not
allow him to have sex with her
to prevent any unwanted
pregnancy.
Following that argument, the
woman allegedly packed her
belongings from her matrimonial
home and went to stay with her
mother-in-law.
Peeved by his wife’s behaviour,
Abotsi, last Friday, reportedly
went to his mother’s house,
picked the small boy from his
grandmother and took him to his
house.
Taking advantage of the fact that
his neighbours had gone to farm,
the suspect allegedly put his son
on a piece of wood and cut off
his head with a machete.
The boy’s mother, who had been
informed that her husband had
come for the child, subsequently
went to the house, only to
witness the gory scene.
According to the police, the
woman shouted for help and
Abotsi, sensing danger, decided
to run away.
However, he was chased by
some youth of the town and
arrested.
The police were informed about
the incident and they,
consequently, went to the house
to arrest the suspect.
The body of the boy, DSP
Agbevam said, had since been
deposited at the Peki
Government Hospital morgue.
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