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A 70-year-old man, Theophilus Udeh, is in the police net for killing his son over food in Eziama Lokpaukwu in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka said, “On 26/02/2024, the Divisional Police Headquarters in Isuochi received information that on 25/02/2024 Theophilus Udeh, a 70-year-old male from Eziama Lokpaukwu Umunneochi, shot and killed his son, Sunday Udeh, a 27-year-old male from the same address.

“Upon receiving the information, detectives from the Isuochi Divisional Headquarters visited the crime scene, removed, and deposited the corpse at the mortuary for autopsy. Exhibits were recovered, and the suspect was subsequently arrested.

“The case has been transferred to SCID for discreet investigation.”

Sources disclosed that Udeh did not eat his food in the morning and came back home to eat the food only to discover that the deceased had returned home hungrily earlier and eaten the last portion of food in a pot inside the kitchen, which unknown to him was his father’s meal.

This, however, angered the suspect who dashed into his room, brought out his gun and fired at his son, killing him on the spot.

Udeh the source said, was promptly apprehended by members of the community who tied his two hands and placed him on the lifeless body of his son at the village square.

Udeh who was seen in a widely circulated video, was remorseful and pleading for mercy while blaming his actions on the devil, stating that he regretted what he did.