MAN ARRESTED FOR STONING HIS TWO CHILDREN TO DEATH AFTER THEY REFUSED TO PRONOUNCE "GOD" IN ADAMAWA

Elisha Tari, a 25-year-old man has revealed why he myrdered his two children in Adamawa State.

Tari, who got separated from his wife and mother of the two children two months ago after a misunderstanding allegedly hit the victims with the stones and sticks repeatedly until they died.

He was reported to the police by his father and was on the verge of running away to Cameroon when he was arrested,SP Sulemann Nguroje, the spokesperson for the Adamawa Police Command said in a statement on Saturday.

After his arrest by the police, Tari, a single parent and a local village musician, narrated, "It happened last Thursday, I was preparing their meal, enquired to know if they had any idea when their mother would forgive me and return home to us, they kept mute. also asked them to repeat after me and pronounce "God"; they refused, instead they shouted "fire" and kept yelling "fire" repeatedly.

I got provoked, coupled with the fact that their mother had been gone for over two months; leaving me all alone with all the frustrations of raising them. I've tried several times to placate my wife to return home but was blocked by her parents.

In that terrible mood, I must confess didn't even know when I reached for stones and repeatedly stoned both of them, hitting their head to death," he said.

Asked if he was under a drug influence or something, Tari admitted, "I smoke indina hemp, drink alcohol and inhale snuff. But don't do drugs."