THE hitherto quite Umuezeala, Nzerem
community in Ehime Mbano local government area of Imo State, has been thrown
into confusion and mourning, after the brutal murder of a 60-year-old widow,
Mrs. Mary Agada.
Vanguard
gathered that it took up to two days before the community discovered the death
of Mrs Agada and accusing fingers were being pointed to the late widow’s 35-year
old son, (name withheld), who was still at large at press time.
“Until
we noticed that she was out of circulation, nobody knew what happened to the
woman. Her door was securely locked from outside”, a villager, who spoke on
condition of anonymity said.
Answering
another question, the villager said “the sudden disappearance of mother and
son, heightened our suspicion and started digging into the mystery”.
Continuing,
the villager explained that when the woman’s door was opened, her lifeless body
was seen lying in a pool of her own blood, while the blood-soaked knife was
also abandoned in the room by her assailant.
It was
gathered from some villagers before this sad development, that the deceased had
appealed in vain to her son to stop hard drugs business.
“A
formal report was made to Ehime Mbano Police Division, which removed and
deposited her body at Saint Vincent De Paul mortuary, Umunakanu”, another
villager said .
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Sam Oodee, said the
command would investigate the report and get back later.