By Correspondent in Abakaliki.
Chibuike Ochie, who allegedly matcheted his three relations to death in Ebonyi State and lynched by mob has been place on life support machine to enable him face Justice.
Sources said the suspect killed of no fixed address allegedly killed his sister-in-law, younger sister and a laborer in Uburu community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
The Reporters gathered that the deceased: Ogechi Ochie, 32, wife of the suspect’s elder brother and his younger sister, Margaret Ochie, 35 years old were working on a farmland in Obegu quarters of Uburu in the state when Ochie struck at them and machetes them to death.
The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the Police Command in the state, DSP Loveth Odoh, confirmed the killings in a statement she issued in Abakaliki.
She said”, It was reported that by 1640hrs of 24th of October, 2021 when the family of Ochie were in the farm, including a hired labourer, one of their brothers, Chibuike Ochie, went into the farm and suddenly started macheting them.
“He succeeded in macheting Ogechi Ochie, 32, the wife of the elder brother and the younger sister, Margaret Ochie, 35 years old and the said labourer.
“The three persons were macheted to death on that farm and he escaped.
“In the process of fleeing the scene, irate youths of that area mobbed him and he is critically ill to the extent that he is placed on a life support machine.
“Investigation is still on but it will be properly done when this man survives.
“That is why we keep discouraging the youth from taking laws into their hands, especially when a person commits offence like this.
“If they had brought the person to us, he would have told us the reasons he had to do this to his family members and he would have faced the law.
“But in this case, a lot of money is being spent to revive him.
“The incident took place at Obegu farm in Uburu. According to the DPO who visited the place, he said the farmland is about 25km away from Uburu town.”
