{"id":111244,"date":"2024-04-05T19:48:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111244"},"modified":"2024-04-05T19:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:48:46","slug":"elderly-couple-brutally-slain-in-abuja-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/elderly-couple-brutally-slain-in-abuja-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly couple brutally slain in Abuja home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 80-year-old man, identified as Adebola Ezekiel, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, were discovered dead in their apartment at Apo area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, after being attacked by unknown assailants.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The tragic incident occurred on Monday night at the upscale Apo Legislative Quarters in the Apo area of the FCT around 11pm.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to available information, the elderly couple, with Adebola confined to a wheelchair, had their throats slit by the assailants using a dagger.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A resident, who requested anonymity, disclosed that one of the apartment\u2019s windows was forcibly opened, and the couple\u2019s lifeless bodies were found in a pool of blood.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The son of the victims, unable to reach his parents by phone, sought assistance from a neighbour to check on them.Upon arrival, the locked door prompted the neighbor to break in, revealing the gruesome scene.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, FCT Police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, stated that the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, personally visited the crime scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Adeh affirmed that the FCT Police Command had initiated a discreet investigation into the matter under the directive of the Commissioner of Police, with updates to follow as the investigation progresses.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 80-year-old man, identified as Adebola Ezekiel, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, were discovered dead in their apartment at Apo area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, after being&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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