After Killing His Aged Mother, Suspect Attempts Suicide

•••as Police hands over 12 suspects of illicit drugs and recovered exhibits from a raid in Orumba North to NDLEA

Anambra Police command has confirmed the arrest of a suspect that murdered his 68 year old mother and attempted suicide immediately after to evade the law.

According to a press release by the Anambra State command Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga on 13th April, 2025, "Police Operatives attached to the Ekwulobia Divisional Police Station on 11th April 2025 by 1.40pm arrested one Nnamdi Anyaji ‘M’ aged 49 years of Amudo Village, Ekwulobia who attempted to take his own life after killing his mother Mrs Dorathy Anyaji of the same address aged 68 years. 

The Operatives also recovered one Axe at the scene. 

Preliminary information reveals that the squabble started when the suspect accused the deceased of being dishonest about the money realised from a cassava business. 

Meanwhile, the suspect is in custody and under close monitoring so as not to commit suicide and would be charged to court after the investigation. 

Also, Police Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad Enugu-Ukwu in the early hours of the same date acting on credible information raided a criminal drugs camp at Umuokpala Village in Orumba North LGA, arrested 12 suspects selling and taking hard drugs, recovered some sizeable quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, illicit drugs and other implicating items. 

The suspects are: Ifeanyi Bernard, Emmanuel Ugwu, Thankgod Kelechi, Umeh Chidera, Aguiyi Onyeka, Onyeka Martin, Festus Ihezie, Chibundu Nicholas, Solomon  Obiefule, Chibundu Daniel, Neke Shedrack and Nwazufu Kingsley all males and within the age bracket of 20 - 29 years. They have been handed over to Operatives of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for necessary action.