Son hacks father to death in Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Chibuike Nwachukwu for alleged murder of his father, Osita. Nwachukwu reportedly hacked his father to death in the early hours of Friday in their residence at Amuri Community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, but said the circumstances under which the crime was committed had yet to be ascertained. Survivor of Osogbo family killed by generator fumes dies

Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, in a statement on Friday, said the 25-year-old suspect had been taken to custody for proper investigation. He said, “A son identified as Chibuike Nwachukwu, who is about 25 years old, has allegedly hacked his father, Mr. Osita Nwachukwu, who is about 60 years old, to death with a machete over a yet-to-be established issue. The alleged incident has thrown the entire Amuri community into mourning.” Amaraizu added that the body of the deceased had been deposited in a hospital mortuary in the community for autopsy.