Son hacks 83-yr-old dad to death in Enugu

Tragedy struck at Ojinato, Oji River local government area of Enugu state as a middle aged man, “the boy,” hacked his 83-year-old father to death. The assailant has been arrested by the police. The 83-year-old man, Nathaniel Chukwuemerie, who hailed from Ogidi in Anambra state, met his death on May 4, 2018, when his son smashed his head with a pestle over a yet-to-be established issue.
It was gathered that the victim was rushed to nearby hospital by a good Samaritan but was confi rmed dead by the doctor on duty. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amarizu, in a statement, said the suspect has been arrested and that investigation has commenced to get to the root of the unfortunate incident. Amaraizu also disclosed that it was gathered from a reliable source that before the incident, the suspect had been behaving abnormally. “A son is said to have hacked his father to death in Enugu over a yet to be established issue(s).
It was, however, gathered that the alleged incident took place on 4/5/18 at Ojinato in Oji River local government area of Enugu state in the afternoon. “It was further gathered that on that fateful day, Nathaniel Chukwuemerie, of about 83 years and said to hail from Ogidi in Idemili North local government area of Anambra state, but residing at Ojinato in Oji River, Enugu, had allegedly met his death when his son, identified as aka The Boy, and whose real name is yet to be established, allegedly smashed his father’s head with a pestle over a yet-to-be established President Muhammadu Buhari (left), receiving letters of credence from the Botswana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Irene Gofaone Rowland, at the State House, in Abuja yesterday Photo: Tidzalla Zacchaeus issue.
“Following the development, victim was promptly rushed by sympathisers to a nearby hospital where he was confimed dead just as the corpse is now deposited at the general hospital morgue in Oji River. “Meanwhile, a full-scale investigation has commenced into the unfortunate incident just as the suspect have been nabbed although information from a source closer to the place of the incident revealed that before the incident that the suspect has been behaving abnormally suggesting mental illness,” the statement read in part.

 

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