A new year tragedy has claimed the life of a housewife after his step-son allegedly killed her with an axe during a scuffle.
It was confusion and mourning in Umuenem, Ezinesi-Oduma in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State following the killing of Bennedeth Anyim as she tried to stop a scuffle between two siblings.
It was alleged that the suspect, identified as Friday Anyim hacked the step-mother's head with an axe before running away.
According to a Vanguard report, Anyim was said to have engaged the elder sister, Abigail Anyim, in an argument over the sale of a water tank to enable him (Friday) raise money for the purchase of a motorcycle, popularly known as Okada, for commercial purpose.
But, things turned ugly as Anyim, a son to one of the three wives of his father, in a bid to have his way, picked an axe, apparently to deal a devastating injury on the sister before the deceased rushed to intervene and was hit by the flying axe.
The attack left the deceased sprawling on the floor just as the suspect took to his heels.
Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO,Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident in a statement, adding that the deceased’s husband who was in the middle of a meeting in a nearby house, raced home on hearing the news only for him to meet the wife in a pool of blood.
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