The riverside town of Oloibiri in
Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
was thrown into mourning, Sunday, when a 24-
year-old man, identified as Godsgift,
suspected to be mentally unstable, butchered his mother and buried her remains in a shallow
grave. The deceased mother of four, aged 67, was
identified as Mrs Rose Jonny. It was gathered that the woman was killed in
her sleep with a machete by her son who
dragged her butchered body through the
window and buried her in a shallow grave at the
back of her house. The tragic incident, according to a community
source, occurred at about 9.30 p.m. Though the claim that the man is mentally
unstable could not be verified, he was said to
have told the mother that she would not see
the next day. According to a source: “At about 9.30pm, he
was reported to have crept into the mother’s
room and butchered her in her sleep. “He took her bloodied body out of the room
through the window and dragged her to the
back of the house where he dug a shallow
grave, dumped her body and covered it with
sand.” It was learnt that neighbours became
suspicious the next day due to the unusual
silence from the deceased’s house. According to sources, the suspicion was
further fuelled when it was discovered that her
door was locked from inside and several
knocks on the door were not answered. Another son of the deceased was reportedly
summoned by neighbours and they forced the
door open, only to see the entire room
splashed with blood. The neighbours and other children of the
deceased were said to have traced the blood
stains to a shallow grave at the back of the
house where the body of the woman was
found. Contacted, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the
incident, saying the suspect has been arrested
and the case transferred from the Ogbia Police
Station to the Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) for investigation.
Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
was thrown into mourning, Sunday, when a 24-
year-old man, identified as Godsgift,
suspected to be mentally unstable, butchered his mother and buried her remains in a shallow
grave. The deceased mother of four, aged 67, was
identified as Mrs Rose Jonny. It was gathered that the woman was killed in
her sleep with a machete by her son who
dragged her butchered body through the
window and buried her in a shallow grave at the
back of her house. The tragic incident, according to a community
source, occurred at about 9.30 p.m. Though the claim that the man is mentally
unstable could not be verified, he was said to
have told the mother that she would not see
the next day. According to a source: “At about 9.30pm, he
was reported to have crept into the mother’s
room and butchered her in her sleep. “He took her bloodied body out of the room
through the window and dragged her to the
back of the house where he dug a shallow
grave, dumped her body and covered it with
sand.” It was learnt that neighbours became
suspicious the next day due to the unusual
silence from the deceased’s house. According to sources, the suspicion was
further fuelled when it was discovered that her
door was locked from inside and several
knocks on the door were not answered. Another son of the deceased was reportedly
summoned by neighbours and they forced the
door open, only to see the entire room
splashed with blood. The neighbours and other children of the
deceased were said to have traced the blood
stains to a shallow grave at the back of the
house where the body of the woman was
found. Contacted, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the
incident, saying the suspect has been arrested
and the case transferred from the Ogbia Police
Station to the Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) for investigation.
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