A 47-year-old man, Sunday Agwim was arrested in Imo State for allegedly killing his 62-year-old mother, Christiana Agwin.
Police spokesman in the State, Orlando Ikeokwu revealed that the suspect allegedly struck his mother with a hammer and a machete, bashing her head beyond recognition.
He said, “We received intelligence from one Jude Mbionwu, a security coordinator at Umuobom, who revealed that one Sunday Agwim, 47, killed his mother, one Christiana Agwim, 62, hitting a hammer and a machete on her head and completely grounded the head into powder beyond recognition with the hammer.
“The scene was immediately visited and the suspect was arrested and exhibits recovered. The corpse was not taken to the mortuary because of the damage to the head; rather, coroners’ forms were completed and a doctor from the UTH Nnewi, Anambra State, conducted an autopsy on the corpse to enable the burial to take place.
“In his confessional statement, the suspect stated that he never knew what came upon him.”
Ikeokwu confirmed that ths suspect would be charged to court.
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