An auto mechanic, Jonathan Marcus, who often worked as a chauffeur to an elderly couple in Abuja, Adebola Ezekiel, 80, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, 79 has revealed that he killed his benefactors because he lost his means of livelihood while working with them and he needed money
According to him, He gave a little background to the case, disclosing that he met the couple about a decade ago while working for his late uncle who owned the auto mechanic shop where he continued to operate after his demise.
They were his late uncle’s client, but he repaired and maintained their cars until about four years ago when ‘Daddy Ezekiel’ as he fondly called the Octogenarian, pleaded with him to drive him once a week, due to his frail legs.
He said, “He started begging me that if I am less busy, I should come and drive him once a week, to go out and buy things and come back home. I complained to him that I am always busy, and he knows how my job is, but he kept calling and asking.
The suspect admitted to that the family was good to him and trusted him — So what was the state of his mind when he committed this crime?
Reluctantly, Marcus explained that having lost his source of livelihood while working with the aged couples, life became a living hell for him.
“There was nothing… my work was gone through the movements that I and Daddy Ezekeil were doing. My wife as well… It was through the work that I was taking care of her, the school fees, feeding and everything… ‘work go… everything go’.
“On that fateful day, I sat down and thought that everything I’ve lost, I’ve lost through the man. Also, Daddy promised me N500,000 last year to support myself because of the complaints I used to give him that nothing was going well on my side. He promised to help with the money to at least open a small business to manage myself.
“That day, I went to the house, and I said that whether Daddy gives me money to support myself or he keeps playing me like the way he has been playing me, I can’t endure it anymore, because I sat down and thought to myself that I’d rather die than live such a life.
