Illustration only: Ikechukwu Munahawu arrested for killing his father.
A 20-year-old man identified as Ikechukwu Munahawu has been arrested after he allegedly beat his 65-year-old father to death.
The incident was reported to have occurred at Umuaro village in Ehime Mbano council area of Imo State
Munahawu who killed his father, Mr. Patrick Munahawu with a broken bottle and spade, said he carried out the crime under the influence of drugs.
According to a local police officer at the Ehime Mbano Police Division, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the deceased was hacked to death by his first son after he had an open confrontation with him.
It was also gathered that the assailant had a confrontation with his late father and slapped him before his younger siblings.
The siblings confronted him for assaulting their father, but he bolted away, escaping from the grip of his siblings.
He was said to have later laid ambush for his father, an ‘okada’ rider along the way and on sighting his father on his motorbike, he hit him with a broken bottle.
As if the initial attack was not enough, the suspect was also said to have sighted his father in the presence of som kinsmen and attacked him with a shovel, which caught the man on the neck, leaving him in the pool of his own blood.
Mr. Munahawu was later taken to the Federal Medical Center, Owerri, where he was confirmed dead.
