A very disturbing report coming in from Umuahia the Abia state capital indicates that a 27-year-old man Chinalu Ogbonna has strangles his father to death and plucked out his left eye.
Sources told IgbereTV that the incident happened at midnight on Monday 26th February, 2024 at a compound opposite Junior Secondary School, in Amuzukwu in Umuahia North LGA, Abia State.
Though it is not clear what led to the action, a source privy to the incident told IgbereTV that the suspect confessed to have wanted to use his father Maduka Ogbonna for ritual.
He has since been apprehended and his father’s corpse deposited at the morgue.
Confirming the incident, PPRO of the command, ASP Maureen Chinaka told our correspondent that a report was lodged at CPS Umuahia at about 8am on Tuesday.
Chinalu Ogbonna
“Yes, we got a report today at about 0800hrs at CPS Umuahia. It was a report of a murder case involving Mmaduka Ogbonna, a 57-year-old male, allegedly killed by his son.
“Detectives from CPS Umuahia visited the crime scene and found the deceased’s lifeless body with his left eye gouged out”, she said.
According to the command, the suspect who was residing with his father at Umu Eze Road opposite Junior Girls Secondary School Amuzukwu Ibeku, had strangled his father to death before removing his left eye to use it for a money ritual.
He has since been apprehended while an investigation has also commenced. He would be charged to court for murder, the command says.
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