A 25-years-old man identified as Julius Nwode, has reportedly murdered his father, Nwode Nwignoaka and 7-years-old sister at Ifelemenu community, Ekpaomaka in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
An eyewitness disclosed that Julius went berserk on Sunday, killing his father and sister before attacking six other residents of the community who came to intervene in the matter.
It was gathered that he inflicted serious machete cuts on the six other residents of the area before he was later gunned down by a husband of one of the victims of his attack, a source said.
A source who did not want to be named, said the suspect had taken hard drugs when he came into the house, and an altercation reportedly occurred between him and his father who asked him where he had been.
“When he was attacking his father with machete, Julius’ sister came out and asked him why he was attacking their father. And he descended on her and macheted her to death after killing the father.
“Some neighbours who saw what happened came to the scene. Julius attacked about six of them with the machete. As he was leaving the area wielding the machete, a man called Peter whose wife was among those macheted, went inside his house, brought his gun and shot him and he died instantly,” he narrated.
PT reports that the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki while the injured are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the state.
The spokesperson of the police in Ebonyi, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident saying that Julius reportedly killed himself after killing his father and sister.
“The boy is about 25 years and he burns candle and reads some religious books. So he came home and attacked his father and seven years old sister with Axe and machete. Thereafter he killed himself,” she said
