MAN SLAUGHTERS STEP-SON WITH MACHETE

A middle-aged man,
Robert Anyanwu is
now in police net for
allegedly killing his
step-son for
revealing to his
mother plot by him to
murder her.
Anyanwu, 45, was
alleged to have
slaughtered his step
son, Chigozie Anyanwu,
a seven-year old
primary one pupil, for
daring to expose his evil
intentions.
The Ebonyi State Police
Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Sylvester Igbo, a
deputy superintendent
of police (DSP)
confirmed the incident,
when contacted by our
reporter confirmed the
story.
Sources revealed that
Anyanwu, on June 15,
2012, hacked the boy
down with a machete
on their road to the
farm and buried him in
a shallow grave in the
forest.
The source noted that
Anyanwu had, prior to
the incident, confided in
the boy that he was
going to kill his mother
within the week for
undisclosed offences.
Robert warned the boy
against revealing the
information to anybody,
especially his mother.
But the boy out of fear
of being made
motherless by his step-
father revealed the
secret to his mother in a
closed door, unaware
that his step-father was
eavesdropping on
them.
A source reported that,
" after the little boy had
let the cat out of the
bag, Anyanwu chased
his wife away from the
compound and then
asked the boy and his
younger sister
(Anyanwu 's biological
child) to accompany
him to the farm".
It was gathered that on
their way to the farm,
Robert raised his
machete and hacked
down Master Chigozie.
Thereafter, he carried
the boy's lifeless body
into the forest as the
little girl ran into the
bush petrified and was
only able to trace her
path to their house the
next day.
She narrated the
incident to her mother
who alerted neighbours
who in turn searched
and arrested Anyanwu
and also discovered his
machete with blood
stains.
However, a close
relation of Anyanwu
pleaded with the
villagers to release him
(Anyanwu) so that he
could find out what
happened and how to
recover the body of the
deceased.
Curiously, he escaped
for days but was later
re-arrested by the
vigilante group of the
community and handed
over to the police, who
forced him to lead them
to where he buried the
already decomposing
remains of the little boy.

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