It was indeed a gory story at Agbani
Nkwelle, Awka, the Anambra State
Capital where a woman was
strangled to death by her middle-
aged son over a family house.
Daily Sun gathered that the
deceased, Mrs. Gloria Amaechi
Okafor and her son Ndubuisi had
been contesting ownership and
control of the building situate in a
remote area of Awka, where the
Okafor family had lived over the
years, even before their father died
many years ago. One of the sons of
the victim, based in overseas was
building the house before he died.
Before the ugly incident in the night
of April 16, Ndubuisi, the first son of
the family, had insisted that his
mother and his younger brother,
Chijioke who were living in the same
building with him should pack out, so
that he would rent their apartments
to make money. That position, which
was challenged by the woman and
her second son Chijioke, had
generated serious controversy,
resulting in physical combat a
number of times.
Narrating the incident that led to
their mother’s death, Chijioke said
that on April 12, 2013, he woke up
early in the morning and heard a
knock on his door. He said that when
he opened the door of his flat, he saw
his elder brother Ndubuisi and two
policemen and the policemen told
him that he was under arrest for an
offence he did not know.
He said “I was woken up by the
knock on my door that early morning
and when I opened the door, I saw
my brother and two policemen, who
told me that I was under arrest for
an offence I did not know.
“I went to the other flat where my
mother is sharing with Ndubuisi and
informed her of the development and
then followed them to the Central
Police Station, Awka.”
Chijioke said that after informing his
mother about his arrest, the woman
assured him that she would soon join
them at the Police Station.
According to him, soon after making
a statement at the station, his
mother arrived and informed the
police that he (Chijioke) had no
problem with Ndubuisi, but that
Ndubuisi was rather contesting her
compound with her. He said their
mother made a statement and when
his wife arrived, he was released on
bail.
Chijioke told Daily Sun that the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at the
Central Police Station Awka invited
them on April 17 so that their case
could be resolved amicably. The
sobbing Chijioke said however, that
his mother could not live to see April
17 as she was strangled to death on
April 16 night when everybody had
gone to bed.
“When I woke up in the morning, I
discovered after a long while that my
mother did not come out. I entered
their flat, I saw that the door
between my mother’s room and that
of Ndubuisi was opened. I entered
the room and saw the dead body of
my mother with blood and foam in
her mouth. That ugly sight made me
shout that Ndubuisi had killed my
mother. At that point Ndubuisi had
taken his bathe and ran away, calling
on some people and telling them that
my mother was dead and that she
died just suddenly,” Chijioke said.
He said it was possible for Ndubuisi to
kill their mother because he was
living in the same flat with her, while
he (Chijioke) and his family were
living in the other flat on the ground
floor of the one storey building.
Daily Sun gathered that Ndubuisi had
since confessed his crime, stating
that he knelt down beside the woman
as she was sleeping and held her on
the throat while the woman struggled
and eventually died.
When Daily Sun visited the village
residence of the deceased, it was
discovered that the apartment where
Ndubuisi lived with his mother had
been vacated and all the items
owned by Ndubuisi were packed
outside the house and set ablaze by
their younger brother who returned
from Cameroon when he received
the information about the murder of
his mother.
One of the tenants in the compound,
Mrs Agnes Agbo told Daily Sun that
as the dispute lasted, Ndubisi had
given them notice to quit the place to
enable him effect the changes he
proposed in the place.
Commenting on the incident, the
younger brother to the deceased
woman, Mr Kingsley Nebechi said
that what happened was an
abomination.
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer for Anambra State
Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka (DSP)
confirmed the incident, and said that
the suspect would be arraigned in
court as soon as investigation on the
matter was concluded.

SOURCE: sunnewsonline.com

Nawa ooo....tinz d happen ,R.I.P mama....I pray dat ma unborn children wil not b the reason 4 ma downfall