Man kills and burns the body of his 65yr old mother over witchcraft claims

The Anambra state police command yesterday
August 11th arrested and paraded 28 year old
cobbler, Ekene Ucheagwu for kiliing his 65-year-
old mother, Agnes in her home at Ogbunka in
Orumba South Local Government Area of
Anambra State over claims that she was using
her witchcraft to hinder his progress as well as
that of her three other children, Vanguard .
Speaking with newsmen, Ekene said he killed her
because she didn't allow the spirit of God into
their family
"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.” he said. Continue...
After killing his mother, Ekene fled to Aba in Abia
state where he continued his business before he
was traced and arrested by the police. Ekene says
his mother had all her six children in their
father's house yet they all bear her own maiden
name. He says he regrets his actions but
believes that people would one day see reason as
to why he had to commit the hideous crime
"When the kingdom of God finally comes,
people would realize that I did the right
thing.” he said