Man Hacks Mother To Death In Imo

Akpotu Uvuru community in Aboh Mbaise local council of Imo State was thrown into mourning as a middle aged man identified as Emmanuel Ndulewe allegedly hacked his aged mother to death. Sunday Mirror reliably gathered that the suspect, who is said to be mentally unstable last Wednesday’s afternoon attacked his mother, Mrs Emelda Ndulewe, 69, who was said to be cracking palm kernels, with a machete thereby cutting the woman in different parts of her body before
inflicting deep cut on her head. It was learnt that Emmanuel, who watched his mother writhe in pain as she was covered in own pool of blood, hurriedly fled the scene but was later apprehended by irate youths of the community who were attracted by the wailing of the neighbours. According to sources in the community, the suspect who is now detained at the Oke Uvuru Police Division had been mentally unstable for some time. The source said the young man returned to the village after about 20 years of wandering in the city and allegedly accused his mother and siblings of not assisting him while he was in the poor state of mind. “Since Emmanuel returned back to the village from the city after spending over 20 years, he has been acting like someone who has a mental problem and for this reason the people of the community have always been avoiding him,” said a source. According to the source, “we never knew that his madness has gotten to the stage of killing his own mother and when we heard the shouts of some of the neighbours that Emma has killed his mother, the youth mobilised and gave him a hot chase because he has already packed his travelling bag to escape, but we eventually caught him at the bus stop.” When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Andrew Enwerem, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident, said the police have arrested the suspect while investigation into the matter had begun.