Residents of Jenta Magoro in Jos North local government of Plateau state, were thrown into shock following the news of a young man who matcheted his own mother to death.
The incidence which occurred at about 6am Thursday morning was said to have come after a heated disagreement between the victim and her son.
The Plateau Police command who confirmed the incidence gave the name of the dead woman as Mama Wollo Inde.
According to the Police Public Relation Officer DSP Abu Emmanuel, “The 63 year old son known as Bravo Kunde attacked her 75 year old mother Wollo Inde with machete.”
Close neighbors confirmed that they heard the voice of the old woman crying for help as early as 6am.
“We rushed to the old woman’s room to discover she was attacked by her own son with whom they have been living together for long.
“Another neighbor who pleaded anonymity said, “We noticed a very deep cut on the head of the old woman with blood rushing from the cuts when we came in to help her. Some of the neighbors rushed out to look for vehicle to convey her to the hospital but the old woman died before the vehicle could come.”
A family member, Moses Yakubu, said, “My elder brother has been behaving strange in the last few days and we were suspecting him to be under the influence of hard drugs, but we never knew he could go this far to kill his own mom, we are all in shock.”
The Police spokesman said, “The suspect was about to escape after the incidence but injured himself in the process. He was immediately apprehended and is currently receiving treatment at Plateau Specialists Hospital Jos.
“The body of the old woman has also been deposited at the morgue in the same hospital and we have commenced full investigation to unravel what led to the victim committing the crime.”
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