Why I Stoned My Children To Death - Father Confesses
Faith Ukanwa
Aug 23, 2022
One Mr. Elisha Tari, aged 25, have been arrested by operatives of Adamawa state police command, for stoning his two children, aged three and five to death.
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Tari, a local musician, committed the mu-rder at Himike village in the Michika Local Government Area of the state.
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While being paraded on Monday, the suspect told newsmen that;
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"It happened last Thursday, I was preparing their meal, I enquired to know if they had any idea when their mother would forgive me and return home to us; they kept mute.
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"I also asked them to repeat after me and pronounce "God"; they refused, instead they shouted "fire" and kept yelling "fire", repeatedly.
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"I got provoked, coupled with the fact that their mother had been gone for over two months; leaving me all alone with all the frustrations of raising them.
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"I've tried several times to placate my wife to return home but was blocked by her parents.
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"In that terrible mood, I must confess I didn't even know when I reached for stones and repeatedly stoned both of them, hitting their head to death,ÔÇØ he said.
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Asked if he was under a drug influence or something, Tari admitted, "I smoke Indian hemp, drink alcohol and inhale snuff. But I don't do dru-gs".
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— Faith Ukanwa