A man identified as Chinweoru Ugbo,
32, was weekend arrested by the Onueke
Divisional Police Command, Ebonyi State for
allegedly butchering his uncle, Mr. Ogbuleji Nwite,
78, with an axe. The crime was allegedly committed at Nsokkara
Community in Ezza South Local Government Area
of the state over claims that the deceased was
diabolically manipulating Ugbo’s destiny. The suspect allegedly lured his victim to a lonely
farmland near a neighbouring community in
Amagu, under the guise of showing him (the
victim) a piece of land he wanted to purchase. He reportedly inflicted 27 cuts on late Mr. Nwite in
the early hours of Saturday, unaware that some
people saw him. Vanguard gathered that the suspect was caught
by the villagers at Igweledoha Nsokkara
community, when he was packing his luggage to
flee the community. It was also learnt that the suspect, a trader
resident at Owerri in Imo State, was said to have
returned home on Friday night with the intention
of killing his uncle. Eyewitnesses’ story An eyewitness, Nweke Nwankwo, alleged that the
act took place in a vegetable farmland. The witness said: “I was on top of a palm tree
harvesting fruits and saw both of them
conversing. I never suspected anything because
they were relatives. “But I felt cold to the spine when the boy started
brutalising the old man, who recently returned
from the hospital after an eye surgery.” Another witness, a woman who spoke on
condition of anonymity, stated that she was
weeding in her farm, some distance from the
scene, when she heard a cry. She said: “I did not know that an abomination
was being committed because the loud shout
was just once. “I continued with my job until passers-by, who
first sighted the dead body, raised alarm.” It was learnt that a white T-shirt, which an
eyewitness claimed the suspect wore that
morning, was brought out from his room with
blood stains.
32, was weekend arrested by the Onueke
Divisional Police Command, Ebonyi State for
allegedly butchering his uncle, Mr. Ogbuleji Nwite,
78, with an axe. The crime was allegedly committed at Nsokkara
Community in Ezza South Local Government Area
of the state over claims that the deceased was
diabolically manipulating Ugbo’s destiny. The suspect allegedly lured his victim to a lonely
farmland near a neighbouring community in
Amagu, under the guise of showing him (the
victim) a piece of land he wanted to purchase. He reportedly inflicted 27 cuts on late Mr. Nwite in
the early hours of Saturday, unaware that some
people saw him. Vanguard gathered that the suspect was caught
by the villagers at Igweledoha Nsokkara
community, when he was packing his luggage to
flee the community. It was also learnt that the suspect, a trader
resident at Owerri in Imo State, was said to have
returned home on Friday night with the intention
of killing his uncle. Eyewitnesses’ story An eyewitness, Nweke Nwankwo, alleged that the
act took place in a vegetable farmland. The witness said: “I was on top of a palm tree
harvesting fruits and saw both of them
conversing. I never suspected anything because
they were relatives. “But I felt cold to the spine when the boy started
brutalising the old man, who recently returned
from the hospital after an eye surgery.” Another witness, a woman who spoke on
condition of anonymity, stated that she was
weeding in her farm, some distance from the
scene, when she heard a cry. She said: “I did not know that an abomination
was being committed because the loud shout
was just once. “I continued with my job until passers-by, who
first sighted the dead body, raised alarm.” It was learnt that a white T-shirt, which an
eyewitness claimed the suspect wore that
morning, was brought out from his room with
blood stains.
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