Man kills his 68-year-old mother, attempts suicide in Anambra

Monday, April 14, 2025 - The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Nnamdi Anyaji, for the brutal m8rder of his 68-year-old mother in Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of the state. 

 The spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, April 13, 2025, said the suspect hacked his mother to d3ath with an axe over money and then attempted to commit su!cide. 

“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 k!lling his mother Mrs Dorathy Anyaji of the same address aged 68 years,” the statement read.

"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.”