A young man in Ebonyi has been arrested by police in the
state following reports that he killed his own father.
30-year-old Nwode Chukwudi Awam is said to have
decapitated Michael Awam, 56 at Egwudinagu Obegu
village in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state
The suspect is also said to have eaten his father’s flesh
saying that a voice spoke to him and ordered him to
commit the act.

Vanguard reports:
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant
Superintendent of Police Chris Anyanwu, said: “The
Ebonyi State Command has arrested Nwode
Chukwudi, 30, who hails from Egwudinagu Obegu
village in Ebonyi Local Government Area for
beheading his biological father.
“The remains of the victim were deposited at the
Federal Teaching Hospital, FETHA, mortuary for
autopsy.
“When the police went for him, he was waving the
machete which he used to cut his father’s head and
threatening to kill anybody that gets close to him. He
was overpowered all the same.
“He was seen eating the entire stub of the neck. So
when you look at the exhibit, the head doesn’t have the
neck even though he did the beheading from the base
of the shoulder. You will not see the part of the body
that is supposed to be the neck; he ate it up.
“We can say that it is not unconnected with ritual
because it does appear that he may have been asked
to do such a thing.
“But as I said, he is still undergoing investigation and
if the suspect yields, we will discover the real reason
behind the dastardly act,” Anyanwu added.
The suspect, who was seen intermittently smiling and
looking suspiciously calm, said he carried out the act
after he heard a voice which told him to go to his
village and kill his father.
His uncle, Mr. Joseph Nwite, said that the suspect
had been away from home for over six years, adding
“he just came back from Imo State and killed his
father.”