Barely
one week after a man killed his four children, sister-in-law and
himself at Awada, Onitsha, Anambra State, tragedy again struck at the
weekend in Ezimuko Nsukwu village, Abatete, in Idemili North Local
Government Area of the state as a 27-year-old man, Ifeanyi Oguejiofor,
stabbed his father, Osita Oguejiofor, to death for refusing to buy a new
motorcycle for him.
Ifeanyi,
who is a commercial motorcycle rider, also stabbed his mother, Mrs.
Josephine Oguejiofor, several times with the same kitchen knife after
killing his father, but she survived and was rushed to the hospital. The
attack on his father, who was a trailer driver, and his mother, said to
be a spiritualist (Ezenwanyi), took place at 8am last Saturday.
It was
also gathered that Ifeanyi, after stabbing his father to death, stabbed
his mother and, thinking that she was dead, he stabbed himself in a bid
to commit suicide but his mother raised the alarm that attracted
neighbours, who saved mother and son.
A
source said that the trouble started when the young man approached his
father and demanded for money for the procurement of a new motorcycle,
since the one he was using had become unserviceable.
In
response, his father had told him that he had no money to buy a new
motorcycle but that he would buy a new engine to replace the one he had.
It was gathered that the father’s response did not go down well with
Ifeanyi, so he went straight to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and pounced
on his father. He allegedly stabbed the old man repeatedly in the neck
and shoulder until he slumped and died.
According
to a source, “His mother was screaming for help when she saw Ifeanyi
with a knife but he did not hesitate to stab her in her shoulder and, as
she fell on the ground, he thought she was also dead. And in a bid to
escape the wrath of the law, he tried to commit suicide by stabbing
himself severally in the chest before he was held by the security men.”
Divisional
police officer, Ogidi, Mr. Mark Ijarafu, who confirmed the incident,
said that the remains of Ifeanyi’s father have been deposited at Iyi-Enu
Mission Hospital morgue in Ogidi, while the mother was treated in an
undisclosed hospital. He said that the culprit has been arrested and
investigation on the matter continues.
Ifeanyi, who confessed to the crime, said: “What I did was what my spirit asked me to do.”
Sun News
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