32-yr-old man butchers uncle over destiny manipulation

32-yr-old man butchers uncle over
destiny manipulation
on october 29, 2013 at 6:00 am in news
BY PETER OKUTU
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.