A sixty-two-year old prophetess identified as Mrs Mary Ezeugo has
been allegedly beaten to death by her son, Ekene Ezeogo after a serious
argument that took place at their place of residence, at No 24 Agbaja
Road in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
Punch reports that, the unfortunate incident happened on Monday when
the suspect supposedly had a fight with his sister and his mother tried
to intervene.
The suspect’s step brother, Onyema Ezeogo, disclosed that Ekene’s
mother died after her son pushed her to the ground and she hit her
stomach on the ground.
He said, ‘’Ekene beat his mother and brush her down, the mother hit
her tommy on the ground, Ekene carried her to St Agatha hospital for
treatment, unfortunately she could not make it , the Doctor certified
her dead.”
Lawrence Ezeogo of St. Agatha hospital Abakaliki, a medical doctor
and son of the deceased said that the woman was brought to the hospital
unconscious as a result of his son (Ekene) attack, disclosing that she
was later diagnosed of Uterian prolapse.
He said, “We referred her to another hospital because of the Uterian
Prolapse that was diagnosed of her, as far as I am concerned the suspect
has committed some crime, if we don’t allow Police to come into this
matter and investigate it properly, it means that some other person will
do the same in that family, it is a very large family of 37 children
with 5 wives.”
When contacted, the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer,
Jude Madu said that he was yet to receive the report, assuring that the
command would investigate the matter.
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