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.
We 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.
An eyewitness explains; “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.”
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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