Socking News: 14 May, 2023
Son Of Eleme Royal Highness, Name Owate Bode has allegedly Matchete his Mother To Death Over Refusal To Give Him 10K To Buy Illicit (Hard) Drugs
The young man was identified as Owate Bode allegedly killed his mother with a cutlass in Eleme, Rivers State after she refused to give him ten thousand naira he requested for on Saturday May 13th,2023.A source close to the family told our correspondent that the suspect had demanded ten thousand naira (N10,000) from the mother which he intend using to purchase illicit drugs but his mother refused.
The suspect was said to have used Cutlass to cut the mother who is a teacher in a Government primary school severally for refusing to give him the money.Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police command, SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the incident. SP Koko said the suspect confessed to the crime that he used a hoe to head the mother on the head before using cutlass
SP Koko added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Effiong Okon has ordered for the transferred of the suspect from Eleme Police Division to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discreet and thorough investigation.