The riverside town of Oloibiri in Ogbia Local Government Area of
Bayelsa State was thrown into mourning, Sunday, when a 24-year-old man,
identified as Godsgift, suspected to be mentally unstable, butchered his
mother and buried her remains in a shallow grave.
The deceased mother of four, aged 67, was identified as Mrs Rose Jonny.
It
was gathered that the woman was killed in her sleep with a machete by
her son who dragged her butchered body through the window and buried her
in a shallow grave at the back of her house. The tragic incident, according to a community source, occurred at about 9.30 p.m. Though
the claim that the man is mentally unstable could not be verified, he
was said to have told the mother that she would not see the next day. According to a source: “At about 9.30pm, he was reported to have crept into the mother’s room and butchered her in her sleep.
“He
took her bloodied body out of the room through the window and dragged
her to the back of the house
where he dug a shallow grave, dumped her
body and covered it with sand.”
It was learnt that neighbours became suspicious the next day due to the unusual silence from the deceased’s house.
According
to sources, the suspicion was further fuelled when it was discovered
that her door was locked from inside and several knocks on the door were
not answered.
Another son of the deceased was reportedly
summoned by neighbours and they forced the door open, only to see the
entire room splashed with blood.
The neighbours and other
children of the deceased were said to have traced the blood stains to a
shallow grave at the back of the house where the body of the woman was
found.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect has been
arrested and the case transferred from the Ogbia Police Station to the
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for investigation.
Source: Vanguardngr.com
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