The Enugu State Police Command reported the arrest of a young man who allegedly murdered his mother and concealed her body behind their residence in Umuagu Inyi town, Oji River Local Government.
Daniel Ndukwe, the state police spokesperson, informed BBC Igbo that they are investigating the crime committed by the individual identified as Somadina Orji, with his mother named as Mrs. Charity Orji.
According to Mr. Anoliefo, the President General of Umuagu Inyi, the tragic incident occurred on the night of December 3, 2023.
“It was Monday morning when a villager saw blood in the back of the house where the young man and his mother lived, he screamed and called the security forces.
“When people gathered, the young man was arrested and started asking him where the blood came from. He said it was the blood of his mother whom he killed at night.
“When he was asked where his body was, he took them to the back of the house where he buried his mother’s body. Security forces and people forced him to carry his mother’s body.”
Somadina also reportedly confessed to killing his sister, Miss Ukamaka Orji earlier this year.
The ‘President General’ of all the communities under Oji River, Ejike Ilo Tasie, said he found out that the man who killed his mother had taken a drug.
He said that they would begin to identify all those who sell drugs in any form to get them arrested.
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