Tragedy struck in the Umuomei community, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, as a man identified as Ogeoma Ogbonna allegedly beheaded his father, Azubuike Ogbonna, and buried the severed head in a shallow grave, before neighbors were attracted to the incident.
The father’s body was seen in a pool of his blood as sympathizers thronged the compound and expressed shock over what could have led Ogeoma to kill his father
Sources told Vanguard that Ogeoma had been showing signs of mental imbalance and was always threatening to harm people.
“Ogeoma has been showing signs of mental illness. He was always threatening to harm people. But nobody in this community knew that he will get to the extent of cutting off his father’s head.
“We are still in shock on how he could kill his father. Before neighbours were called in to see what happened, he had already buried the head in a shallow grave in the compound. He took people and showed them the grave,” a native of the community, said.
As at the time of filing this report, Police Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, Maureen Chinaka, was yet to react to the development.