ABAKALIKI— 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.
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