- Safiu Kehinde
A yet-to-be identified woman has, in collaboration with her children, hired scavengers to rob her retired husband of his gratuities after tying him up.
This was disclosed in a Facebook post shared on Sunday.
According to the post, the incident occurred last week Wednesday at Ajomo Araromi community, Robiyan, Ogun state.
The elderly man’s hands and legs, as captured in a video attached to the post, were heavily tied with pieces of fabrics and ropes at his living room.
His mouth was a also stuffed with another clothe.
While being rescued by residents, the unidentified man disclosed that his wife had hired the scavengers, popularly known as Boola to kill him.
The community leader, Emmanuel Omola, would also confirm that his family had ganged up against him in shocking display of greed.
The retiree was reported to have received his gratuity from which he gave his wife N3 million and rented shop for her while buying himself a N12 million worth of Lexus RX Jeep.
The wife, who is currently at large, would, however, colluded with her children to rob the man after he sold his jeep.
She reportedly hired the scavengers who tied up the retiree and robbed him of the proceeds from the sales of his jeep.
After being freed, the man disclosed he leg was recently broken by his wife as he repeatedly claimed the woman told the scavengers to kill him.
“Dem break my leg the last time. She say make dem kill me. She say make dem kill.” The visibly shaken man said after being freed by residents.