Police operatives attached to Umunze Division in collaboration with local vigilante group at about 6.00am on Saturday arrested one Chisom Ogum, aged 26 years of Umuomaku community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police command, SP Haruna Mohammed in a statement in Awka on Saturday, the suspect allegedly ran amok in a circumstances yet to be ascertained, attacked and killed his own biological father, Christopher Ogum, aged 70 years with a shovel and buried him in a shallow grave.
The statement added that the suspect attempted to escape before he was apprehended and beaten to stupor by angry mob who equally forced him to exhume the corpse of his father from where he buried it.
It disclosed that police detectives visited the scene of crime, photographed the victim and took it to the mortuary for autopsy after he was certified dead by a medical doctor at Umunze general hospital.
“Consequently, the offensive weapon used in perpetrating the offence was also recovered as exhibit and the Commissioner of Police, CP John B.Abang,fdc has ordered for the case to be transferred to the State CID Awka for discreet investigation, please”, the statement stated.
Photo: Exhumed body of the 70 year old victim, Christopher Ogum.
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