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A settlement in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State,
Obaganya, was gripped with tragedy during the weekend after a man
identified as Echeno Adakole, beheaded his 50-year-old step-mother, Titi
Enokela, for alleged ritual purposes.
According to reports, the suspect allegedly trailed his victim to
the farm and cut off her head and thereafter wrapped it with the dead
woman’s cloth and put it in a polyethylene bag.
According to a source, "Family members noticed that the woman
had not returned from the farm and it was getting dark. Her children and
other family members went looking for her; they found her headless body
tucked away in a corner of the family farm.
"They all raced back home wailing and crying for help, only to
discover the severed head of the woman with her step-son, who was acting
strange and making moves to flee from home."
It was gathered that a quick intervention of the police saved the
suspect from being stoned to death by angry mob. A source who hinted it
to Vanguard said, "As a result of tension in the community, the
Police Area Command hurriedly moved the suspect out of the area to the
State Command Headquarters in Makurdi."
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, who
confirmed the ugly incident, told correspondents that the suspect was
currently in custody of the state CID.
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