There was pandemonium at Ngelefi, Ehamufu in Isi-Uzo Local
Government Area of Enugu State, on Tuesday, following the brutal murder
of over nine persons by a middle-aged man suspected to be a lunatic.
Reports from the area said the alleged murderer, identified as
Onyekachi Ugwu, killed his father, as well as seven others with a
cutlass in the early hours of Tuesday.
Still not satisfied with his dastardly action, the suspect was said
to have set his father’s house on fire, which left his father, domestic
animals, motorcycle and other households burnt in the inferno.
It was further gathered that the suspect also visited other houses at
the farm settlement, where he also sent occupants to their untimely
death, including a year and a six-month-old baby.
Confirming the story, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
Ebere Amarizu, said that the police authority had begun investigation
into the incident, adding that the alleged murderer was suspected to
have mental case.
Amarizu said “search of the suspect is intensified by the combined
team of the police and the Neighbourhood Watch group, who are combing
bushes and hideouts in the area in order to stop further wrecking of
havoc by the alleged mental suspect.
“The mother of the suspect was lucky to have escaped the incident, as
she would have been counted as one of the victims,” the police
imagemaker added.