30 year old Nwode Chukwudi Awam, was arrested last week for beheading
his father, 56 year old Michael Awam and eating his neck. The
Ebonyi State Police Command, who paraded the killer on Thursday April
3rd, said the incident occurred at Egwudinagu Obegu village in Ebonyi
LGA of the state.
"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 ate the neck’
"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." The State Police Public Relations Officer,
Assistant Superintendent of Police Chris Anyanwu, said
