Woman Hacked To Death By 32-Year-Old Son In Ebonyi

A woman has been hacked to death by her 32-year-old son in Ndieze community, Okpoto, Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The suspect, Arinze Chukwu, was said to have committed the act with an axe.

Trouble started when the 60-year-old woman reported her son to be reprimanded for his bad behaviour.

He was subsequently tied up by youths of the community at the village square.

Arinze, upon his release by the youths, was said to have hit his mother with an axe out of rage on September 17.

The aged father of the suspect Anthony Chukwu confirmed that his son killed his wife because she reported his misdeeds to the village youths.

Acting on the complaint of the deceased, Anthony said that the village youths caught Arinze, tied up his hands and feet, beat him up and then left him in the sun for hours at the village square.

“That boy (Arinze) is my eighth child from my wife whom he just killed.

"I was not at home at the time it happened but I know he killed my wife because she reported him to our village youth association.

"She did not hate him. She made a report to the association to stop his bad behaviour.

“When he was being dragged to the village square, he threatened to kill me and my wife for reporting him.

“Luckily for me, I was not at home when they released him. But he met my wife and killed her with an axe and fled.

"I never knew he was serious about the threat until I came back and saw my wife in a pool of blood.

“At the village square, the youths punished him by tying his hands and feet and then beat him up.

"They later left him in the sun for hours to correct him.”