Reports have it that yesterday, 26/9/2020, at about 6:am, Police operatives attached to Umunze Division in collaboration with local vigilante group, arrested a man, one Chisom Ogum, aged 26, of Umuomaku Community in Orumba South Council Area of Anambra State, for alleged murder.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, the suspect allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained, attacked and killed his own biological father, one Christopher Ogum. aged 70, of same address.
The report said the man used a shovel to kill his father and buried him in a shallow grave.
He said the suspect attempted to escape before he was apprehended and beaten to stupor by angry mob who equally forced him to exhume the corpse.
Mr Haruna informed that police detectives visited the Scene of crime, photographed the victim, and took it to the mortuary for autopsy after it 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, while the Commissioner of Police, CP John Abang, has ordered that the case be transferred to the State CID, Awka, for discreet investigation.
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