A popular Akure-based socialite and the owner of Emirate Petrol Station, Sesan Adelabu, has committed suicide after allegedly macheting his wife to death in Ondo State

Mr Adelabu, popularly known as ‘Emirate,’ was alleged to have killed his wife late Friday in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the state capital.

Reports said that shortly after he discovered that his wife was dead, he went to the toilet and drank an insecticide suspected to be Sniper to end his own life.

A source who confirmed the incident said there had been no love lost between the couple in recent times.

“I can’t confirm what led to this, but I know the two of them had not been on good terms recently. It’s a sad one for us tonight, especially we members of his club,” he said.

It was gathered that the corpses of the couple had been picked up and taken to the hospital morgue by the police.