Ndikpa Awuka, a 29-year old man in Ndikpa Awuku community in Orumba local government area of Anambra state has been arrested by the state’s police command for killing and roasting his mother.
The suspect, identified as Ekene Ucheagwu, murdered his 65-year old mother, Agnes Uheagwu 2 months ago, after accusing her of using stunt the family’s progress
In a statement by the states police spokesman, DSP Uche Ezeh, from the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Awkuzu, the police has promised to make Ucheagwu receive the full punishment for his crime.
The Nation reports:
He said the suspect committed the crime after he was released at Umuchukwu police station for beating the woman mercilessly.
In his confession on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Ucheagwu admitted that he killed his mother, alleging that the woman prevented the progress of her children and indeed that of the family.
According to him, his elder brother, aged 45, is still unmarried because of their “mother’s witchcraft and curses on the children.”
He said, “My mother was evil, I killed her because of her wickedness. This incident happened in May. She prevented good things coming to her children.
“She was a witch, she put curses on us not to progress. Others were blindfolded because of our mother’s witchcraft. Because I was the only that knew her plans, she was always attacking me.
“I killed her because she planned to kill me because I called her ‘Queen of the coast’ (her spiritual name). But I had to act fast and kill her first.
“My mother was a witchcraft living in the sky, I killed her and burnt her body in the bush called Ogbukwu with fuel and firewood.”
