Francis Van-Lare, the father of Suzette Chibuogu, whose ex-husband and a cardiologist, Dr. Ikenna Erinne, shot himself dead in the United States of America, has made his stance on the incident known.
The father of the lady, who is also a Nigerian, reacted in a statement he issued on his social media handle days after the incident.
The Eagle Online recalls that the 36-year-old doctor from Anambra State shot himself to death on January 26.
Van-Lare wrote on his Facebook page: “While there was a custody battle my daughter is involved in and I only became aware last Monday morning about 3 am Nigerian time that the deceased held her and her children at gunpoint for three hours after losing a custody battle, the nanny managed to escape and called the police and on arrival of the police he shot himself dead.
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“I guess he decided to kill himself instead of facing three counts of kidnapping with a deadly weapon 25 years to life each.
“While I sympathize with his family for his death, my daughter is not responsible for him taking his own life and I thank God it did not degenerate to where he shoots my daughter, grandchildren and himself.
“May his soul rest in peace.
“Everyone is a loser here and it is traumatising for all including me.
“No winners here.”
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