Man beats sick stepmom to death in Anambra

A man identified as Chiugo Ajuluchukwu, has beaten his stepmom, Ifeoma Ajuluchukwu, to death.

Chiugo was said to have brutalised the 69-year-old in her compound in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, after which the woman gave up the ghost.

The information on the alleged killing came to light after the son of the deceased, Onyebuchi, reported the incident to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo.

According to Onyebuchi, his late father married two wives but lived with only his mother, while the first wife remarried a long time ago and wedded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

His words: “Upon the first wife’s death, the son, who is equally my stepbrother, Chiugo Ajuluchukwu, trained by my mother, swore never to let my mother have peace in the compound.

“In his bid for my stepbrother to bury his late mother in the family compound, which no one objected to, he started removing the roof over my mother’s room and vowed to deal with her mercilessly.

“My stepbrother did not stop there but went further to beat up my mother, who at the time was already sick. It was while beating her that neighbours gathered and took my mother to the hospital, where she finally succumbed and joined her ancestors.”

Onyebuchi, therefore, called on the state government to come to his aid and seek justice for his late mother while also restoring lasting peace and resolution in their family, alleging that the stepbrother has been using different security apparatus to fight him and his siblings because they don’t have money.

Speaking on the matter, Lagos Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Obinabo, assured that she would look into the matter and secure justice for the widow.

She further warned that anyone caught maltreating any widow in the state would be treated like a criminal because it is against the law.