A 60 - year- old man , Cletus Aguluka , from Osikwu village , Awgbu , the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State , has reportedly stabbed his daughter, Onyinye, to death .
The incident , which happened at about 2 am on Friday , it was gathered , was a day to Onyinye ’ s traditional wedding .
The deceased ’ s mother , Georgina Aguluka, said that trouble started when Onyinye ‘ s father , Cletus, came home drunk at night and asked for his torchlight .
She said , “His children told him that they didn ’ t know where the torchlight was.
“He pretended that all was well and went to bed only for him to wake up around 2 am, go inside his room and bring out a machete and stab Onyinye to death . This is the way he behaved each time he got drunk . He had at several times attacked his children with machete before this incident . ”
A younger brother to the suspect, Mr . Sabastine Aguluka , corroborated the wife ’ s statement .
He said his brother had been terrorising members of the family , including himself .
A younger brother of the deceased, Chidaara , also said he had to stay away from the house that night after the father ’ s return upon suspicion that he would attack as had become his habit.
He said , “ I sensed trouble when he returned and was barking at everybody . I had to leave that night for a neighbour ’ s house because our father would always look for the slightest excuse to molest and attack us . ”
It was gathered that the suspect escaped by scaling the window on hearing that the members of the village ’ s vigilante group had arrived his compound to arrest him after hearing about the incident .
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Haruna Mohammed , confirmed the incident .
He said , “ The incident happened at about 0200 hours on Friday , and the suspect has been arrested . ”
Mohammed stated that investigation was ongoing , adding that the suspect would soon be charged to court .
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