Popular Delta Hotelier Allegedly Beaten To Death By His Two Sons
A church deacon and the chairman of the Covenant Suites hotel group reportedly became unwell after being beaten up by his kids for allegedly having a side girlfriend.
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Emekeme Joseph, often known as Semikolo, was a well-known hotelier in the Delta who passed away after allegedly being beaten by his two sons.
Delta Hotelier Allegedly Beaten To Death
A church deacon and the chairman of the Covenant Suites hotel group reportedly became unwell after being beaten up by his kids for allegedly having a side girlfriend.
According to reports, his kids saw him with a side woman and demanded a million naira bribe or they wouldn’t keep their mother, who was at the time on vacation in the United States, in the dark.
The deceased refused to be blackmailed and the sons reported the incident to their mother, who then confronted him.
The following day, the hotelier dropped by at the Coca Cola depot of the wife and when the sons saw him they chased him out of the premises.
According to insiders he angrily went home and seized the keys of the cars of the sons.
Angered by the action, the sons descended on him with blows and kicks. He called the police and the boys broke the head of one of the police men.
The boys were arrested and the father was rushed to the hospital.
The condition of the father deteriorated quickly and he was referred to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he was fighting for his life.
The wife quickly flew back to the country and facilitated the release of the sons from the police custody.
She was also said to have discharged the husband against doctor’s advice and brought him home where he died.