Man Kills Uncle’s Wife, Use Head For Pepper Soup
A 45-year-old man from Benue State has been arraigned at a Makurdi Magistrate
Court for cannibalism.
Jeremiah Ode, from Igwe Ochekpo in Oju
Local Government Area, who was caught eating the head of a woman he allegedly
killed on her farm, is being prosecuted at a Makurdi Magistrate Court, for the
gruesome murder of Priscilla Adoga, 65.
Inspector Omaye Ujata, the
Prosecuting Police Officer, told the court that the incident which occurred on
Friday, August 19, was reported to the police by Silas Igiri of Oju Local
Government Area.
According to Igiri’s report, the accused went to
the farm where his uncle’s wife, Priscilla, was working and killed her using a
machete.
After severing Priscilla’s head, he prepared pepper soup
with it right there on the spot and was eating it when he was caught.
Sources
in the community told newsmen that, when Priscilla did not return from the
farm at the normal time, her relatives went in search of her, only to find
Jeremiah, known in the community to be mentally deranged, having a meal of the
woman’s head.
When asked why he did that, Jeremiah reportedly said
he only started with the head after which he would proceed to her body.
When asked by the Police to give his account of the incident,
Jeremiah reportedly narrated how he and Priscilla fought each other with their
machetes until he overpowered her.
A Benue blog, Stateflash
posited that “the police considered the narration too normal to be that of a
mad man and, therefore, decided to prosecute him.
“Although the
Prosecutor told the court that the accused has confessed to committing the
crime, no plea was taken, for want of jurisdiction”.
The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs. Regina Alagh, therefore, ordered that the accused be remanded
at the Federal Correctional Centre, Makurdi.
Although the court
declined jurisdiction to hear the case, the accused pleaded guilty of the
charge, when the case was mentioned.
The case has been adjourned
to November 11, for legal advice from the State Ministry of Justice.
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