The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday, November 26, arrested a rogue woman identified as Mary Imewe for the alleged gruesome killing of her biological mother, one Eka Ime at Umoh Obot Street.
The bizarre action of the woman who murdered and dismembered the parts of her mother got residents in the area in anger as they compelled her to pack the body parts into a basin and walked round the community.
According to eyewitnesses, when the police came to arrest the suspect who is also known as Mummy, she reportedly told them to take her away as she does not care.
“I don’t care if I am arrested and detained by the police,” the suspect was quoted to have said while she was being bundled into the waiting police van.
Meanwhile, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon on Saturday, November 27, confirmed the incident. He said he was surprised and that no right-thinking person would slaughter their mother in such a gruesome manner.
Macdon added that the police would conduct a test to ascertain the woman’s state of mind before she would be charged. “She (Ime) butchered her mum. We are suspecting that she is not of a sound mind, but we do not have any medical capacity yet to say so.”
“Medical personnel will have to determine if she is of sound mind or not. If not, which right minded, thinking individual will kill her own mom by butchering her?”
“As I speak, we have the woman in custody and we have gathered the corpse of the mom to the mortuary. By the time we ascertain her state of mind, we will charge her accordingly,” He added. “The test will determine the extent of her culpability in the crime.”
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