Police arrest man for killing mother, attempting suicide in Anambra

Police operatives attached to the Ekwulobia Divisional Police Station have arrested a 49-year-old man, Nnamdi Anyaji of Amudo Village, Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, who attempted to take his own life after killing his 68-year-old mother, Mrs Dorathy Anyaji.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, said the arrest took place on 11th April 2025 by 1.40 pm.

He noted that the operatives also recovered an axe at the scene.

According to Ikenga, preliminary information reveals that the squabble started when the suspect accused the deceased of being dishonest about the money realised from a cassava business.

He said, “Meanwhile, the suspect is in custody and under close monitoring so as not to commit suicide and will be charged in court after the investigation.

“Also, police operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugu-Ukwu, in the early hours of the same date, acting on credible information, raided a criminal drugs camp at Umuokpala Village in Orumba North LGA, arrested 12 suspects selling and taking hard drugs, and recovered some sizeable quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, illicit drugs and other implicating items.

The suspects are: Ifeanyi Bernard, Emmanuel Ugwu, Thankgod Kelechi, Umeh Chidera, Aguiyi Onyeka, Onyeka Martin, Festus Ihezie, Chibundu Nicholas, Solomon Obiefule, Chibundu Daniel, Neke Shedrack and Nwazufu Kingsley, all males and within the age bracket of 20 – 29 years. They have been handed over to operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for necessary action.”