A 27-year-old undergraduate of Madonna
University, Okija, Anambra State, Chijiioke Ezebuiro , had been arrested
by the Abia State Police Command for allegedly killing his 87-year old
father, Dr. Emmanuel Ezebuiro.
Chijioke’s arrest is coming barely three
weeks after a 21-year-old student of the Redeemer’s University, Tolani
Ajayi, was nabbed for allegedly killing his father, Charles Ajayi , a
Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Anambra State Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the suspect was arrested for his
father’s death because he was the only one at home when the deceased was
brutally murdered.
According to him, police preliminary
investigations showed that there was no evidence of forced entry into
their house where the incident took place.
Police said the crime was committed on
June 30, 2014 at the deceased’s home at Umuoriehi, Isingwu in the
Umuahia North Local Government Area.
The police added that upon return, the elder brother met the octogenarian in a pool of blood.
Suspecting foul play when the suspect
could not offer reasonable explanations on what happened to their
father, the brother alerted the police.
The PPRO said that the complainant told the police that Chijioke had threatened his father’s life a number of times.
But the suspect said the incident occurred while he was in the bathroom taking showers after felling some trees in the compound.
He said, “After taking my bath as I was going towards my room I saw people screaming in my father’s room.
“When I got there, I saw my brother and
my cousin. I was shocked to see blood on my father’s head. I was so
scared I had to go downstairs to call one of my cousins.
“When I came back, I asked them what
happened and none of them told me anything. The next thing was for me to
see the police coming to arrest me, saying I am a murderer, that’s
all.”
The suspect also denied threatening his father’s life at any time, saying he had maintained a very warm relationship with him.
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