{"id":157042,"date":"2025-03-28T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:13:58","slug":"man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti","title":{"rendered":"Man kills mother, sister in Ekiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Victor Lorjaal, for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs. Victoria Lorjaal, and his elder sister, Brenda Lorjaal, with a machete.<\/p>\n<p>Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, stating that it occurred on Tuesday around 7:10 a.m. on a farm in Aba Ile camp, Itaji-Ekiti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the children of the deceased, who is an eyewitness, narrated that while working with the suspect on the farm, he suddenly left him and went to meet their mother and sister at a distant location where they were also working,\u201d Abutu said.<\/p>\n<p>The eyewitness reported hearing their mother scream for help, but by the time he arrived, the suspect had already attacked the victims and fled with the cutlass.<\/p>\n<p>Abutu added, \u201cThe Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, has ordered a thorough investigation into the unfortunate incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect will be charged to court immediately after the completion of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police have assured the public that justice would be served.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Victor Lorjaal, for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs. Victoria Lorjaal, and his elder sister, Brenda Lorjaal, with a machete. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, stating that it occurred on Tuesday around 7:10 a.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[308,254],"class_list":["post-157042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-ekiti","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man kills mother, sister in Ekiti - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Victor Lorjaal, for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs. Victoria Lorja ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man kills mother, sister in Ekiti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Victor Lorjaal, for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs. Victoria Lorja ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T10:33:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T13:13:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743153015.485486.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Man kills mother, sister in Ekiti\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T10:33:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T13:13:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743153015.485486.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ekiti\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-kills-mother-sister-in-ekiti\",\"name\":\"Man kills mother, sister in Ekiti - 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