22-yr old rapist injures pastor,hacks 57-yr old wife to death for fighting him during rape (Graphic Photo)

Questions are being asked about what could have prompted a 22-year-old

university drop- out, simply identified as Jerry, to want to rape Mrs

Eunice Ajayi Omoniyi, 57, wife of a pastor, in Akure, Ondo State

capital.

The incident happened on February 20 at Peace-land Road, along

Ilesa-Akure Expressway at about 5pm.

The suspect, now on the run and has been declared wanted by the state

Police Command, allegedly hacked his victim to death with a digger for

rejecting the ungodly act.

The husband of the deceased, Pastor Omoniyi, was attacked when he

tried to rescue his wife and is critically ill at the Obafemi Awolowo

University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) Ile- Ife, Osun State where he was

referred to from the state Specialist Hospital, Akure.

The deceased, a mother of two, was the Headmistress of St Peter's

Anglican Primary School, Ijare while Jerry, the suspect, was said to

have been rusticated from two institutions for being a member of

secret cult.

The suspect was said to have attacked the woman with a digger and

shovel he found in the pastor's apartment while he struggled to rape

her.

He was said to have torn the dress of his victim and had successfully

removed her pants down to her knee but the deceased with her last

breathe did not cave in.

This reportedly infuriated the suspect and must have decided that if

he would not have his way, the woman would not live to tell the

story.Sunday Vanguard learnt that the husband was only some distance

away reading his Bible.

Earlier, Jerry, said to be known to the couple, asked the pastor the

whereabouts of the wife when he arrived their house.

It was gathered that the pastor informed the suspected killer where to

find his wife unknown to him that he was an agent of death on the

prowl.

After about 20 minutes, Pastor Omoniyi, while trying to retire to his

room, met his wife on the bed, half dead and in a pool of blood.

The killer was still trying to rape the deceased when the husband came

into the room and he too was attacked.The shout for help, from the

pastor attracted neighbours who rushed to the room to meet the couple

lying on the floor wriggling in pains.

The wife, according to reports, died before she got to hospital while

the husband was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit at the Specialist

Hospital, Akure for treatment from the head injuries inflicted on

him.While the neighbours were busy trying to save the lives of the

couple, the suspect reportedly escaped and attempt by some students

residing in the area to apprehend him failed.

Speaking on the incident, a cousin to the slain woman, Mr Komolafe,

said the pastor, who spoke with him on his sick bed, narrated how

Jerry came to the house and asked after his wife who was in the

bedroom.

Komolafe pointed out that he was informed that the suspected killer

attacked the couple with a digger and shovel.

"When Jerry left the house, he went into a Federal University of

Technology Akure, FUTA, students apartment, broke into it, removed his

blood stained clothes and changed before disappearing into thin air.He

appealed to security operatives to help fish out the suspected killer.

Police authorities in Ondo State have launched a manhunt for Jerry.

Spokesman of the Command, Wole Ogodo, vowed that the suspect would be

arrested and made to face the full weight of the law.

"We discovered that the suspect attempted to rape the deceased because

her pants were half removed by the suspect. "Our men have visited the

house of Jerry but he was not found there. So we are yet to not make

any arrest on the matter," Ogodo said.He disclosed that the police

have commenced investigation into the matter. The police spokesperson

said that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the

mortuary of the state Specialist Hospital, Akure while her husband who

sustained serious injuries from the attack was in hospital.



Source: Vanguard