Akinyele Killings: Mother, Daughter Have Their Heads Split Open In Horrendous Attack

There was apprehension in the Alaja community, Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, June 29, when a woman identified as Mrs Adeola Bamidele, and her daughter, Dolapo, were attacked by unknown assailants.

It was gathered that Adeola, 45, and her 23-year-old daughter were asleep when the hoodlums broke into their home around 1am. The attackers reportedly made away with two mobile telephones after dealing the victims with machete blows. 

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The attacks and killings in Akinyele L.G.A, seem to be going on more frequently now, and still, the killers have not been identified, much less, caught. Exactly a week ago, a 5-year-old boy was hacked to death at the backyard of his house. 

A little over a day after that, a woman was also hacked to death, in same local government. The interesting thing about these attacks is that, they always take place in the wee hours of the morning. All attacks took place from 1am to 5am.

The mother and daughter sustained deep cuts on their heads. It was gathered that the assailants had earlier visited a nearby house, but left as they could not gain entry into the building.  Adeola explained that she was attacked with a machete, while trying to rescue her daughter, who had already collapsed and was writhing in the pool of her own blood. 

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Olugbengaa Fadeyi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said some policemen were deployed to the scene from the Moniya Police Division, but the hoodlums had fled the scene before their arrival.

  “The victims have been taken to hospital for treatment, while investigation has since commenced into the matter,” he said. 

The residents urged security agencies in the state to be alive to their responsibility in order to avert a re-occurrence of the incident.