Ekene Ucheagwu, a 29 year old cobbler from Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State has been arrested by the Special AntiRobbery Squad, Awkuzu division after killing his mother.
Narrating his confession, Ekene said, “I decided to kill her because she did not allow the spirit of God to come into our family.
”Once she cursed anybody, that person will never progress and she was doing it to my brothers and sisters very often.
“I am the only one among her six children (two later died) that knew her secrets. My elder brother, who is 45 years old is yet to get married and nobody in our area agrees to marry any of my sisters or their daughters to marry any of us.
“When I confronted her by calling her ‘queen of the coast’, she tried to kill me, having known that I knew her secrets and that was why I decided to kill her first.
“I hit her on the head with a big stick at night and she slumped and died and I carried her in a wheelbarrow that night to the Obukwu bush in my community where I burnt her body to ashes.”
Ekene said he was banished from the community by other residents when he could not explain the whereabouts of his mother. At that point he fled to Aba, Abia where he continued his trade until his arrest by SARS.
Whilst he stated that he regretted killing his mother, he said he would be vindicated on judgment day.
”When the kingdom of God finally comes, people would realise that I did the right thing.”