Man Chops Off 90-year-old Father’s Head in Ebonyi

Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a middle-aged man, identified as John (surname withheld), for allegedly beheading his 90-year-old father in Ettam Okpitumo community in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect was said to have killed his father for being the cause of his misfortune. He was said to have told his interrogators that the deceased made him not to progress over the years.

The state acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Stephen Okwundu, an assistant superintendent (ASP), who confirmed the incident, said the suspect later took the severed head of his father to the village’s playground celebrating that his problem was over.

The police spokesman said it took the efforts of youths of the area who mobilized themselves to disarm and arrest the suspect, who was later handed over to the police in Ikwo division.

Okwundu said: “One John, a middle-aged man was arrested and brought to police headquarters for allegedly killing his father, Ikor, by using cutlass to cut off his head. The suspect, when interrogated said his father had been the cause of his misfortune in life and he killed him to pave way for progress since he had been an obstacle to him.”

Okwundu stated that the suspect was helping police in investigating the matter after which he would be prosecuted for murder.