Obaganya
community, a suburb in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, was thrown
into deep mourning yesterday after a middle-aged man, Echeno Adakole, beheaded
his 50-year-old step-mother, Titi Enokela for ritual purpose. Vanguard learned
that the suspect allegedly ambushed the victim at a family farm settlement, hit
her with a piece of wood and cut off her head.
He
thereafter wrapped it with the dead woman’s cloth and put it in a polyethylene
bag. According to the source, “family members noticed that the woman had not
returned from the farm and it was getting dark. Her children and other family
members went looking for her; they found her headless body tucked away in a
corner of the family farm. “They all raced back home wailing and crying for help,
only to discover the severed head of the woman with her step-son, who was
acting strange and making moves to flee from home.”
The
source said the suspect was held by a mob, who attempted to lynch him but for
the quick intervention of police, who took him away. “As a result of tension in
the community, the Police Area Command hurriedly moved the suspect out of the
area to the State Command Headquarters in Makurdi,” he added.
When
contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent
Moses Yamu, confirmed the story, saying the command was still investigating the
matter.
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