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The police in Ebonyi State has arraigned a 61-year-old man, Moses Neeze, for allegedly killing his elder brother’s wife, Mrs. Mary Nwomege.
Nweze allegedly committed the crime with an axe on February 24, 2024.
He was arraigned at an Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court, yesterday, by the police following his arrest.
During the arraignment, the counsel to the police, Eze Chinagorom, told the court that the suspect used an axe to strike the deceased on the head from behind, while she was cooking.
The charge against him, according to court records, reads: “That you, Moses Nweze ‘m’, on 24th day of February, 2024, at Edukwu Ndegazu in Ikwo Local Government Area, within the jurisdiction of the honourable court, did unlawfully cause the death of one Mary Nwomege “f” by hitting her with an iron axe.
The police noted that the suspect, by the action, committed an offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Law Cap 33 Vol. 1 Laws of Ebonyi State of Nigeria 2009.
After the charges were read to the suspect, the Presiding Magistrate, Lilian Ogodo, said the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. She, therefore, remanded the accused at the Abakaliki Correctional Service and urged that the case file be transmitted to the Ministry of Justice for further action.
Daughter of the deceased, Chinasa Nwomege, narrated how his uncle killed her mother.
“I was inside the house and suddenly I heard the voice of my mother breathing like someone who is in pain. So I rushed out to find out what was wrong with her, and I saw my uncle, Moses, hitting my mother on the head; so I raised the alarm and people came and helped me take my mother to the hospital where she died”, she said.
She said she and other members of the family wanted justice for her slain mother.
