A 52-year old man, Kunde Bravo, in the wee hours
of Thursday, allegedly killed his 80-year-old
mother, identified simply as Mama Yakubu, after a
restless night assumed to have been caused by
excessive drug abuse, including hemp.
Reports say Bravo had stormed his mother's
sleeping chambers in the Jenta Mangoro area of
Jos in Plateau State and slaughtered her.
According to relatives and other sympathizers,
Bravo who is a staff of Union Bank in Jos, cut her
with a machete and left her in the pool of her blood.
One Baba Nati, a relative, who was among the first
persons attracted to the scene of the incident,
speaking with newsmen, said, "Members of the
household heard the deceased woman shouting for
help at about 6am, and upon rushing to her sleeping
chambers, discovered her lifeless body in the pool
of her blood."
Subsequently, a younger brother of the suspect,
Moses Yakubu, said people attacked Bravo and
beat him to an unconscious state.
Yakubu, speaking in Hausa, said, "My elder brother
has been behaving abnormal and the previous
night, he acted strangely and was restless.
"He is into excessive consumption of hard drugs
and has been acting strangely of late."
The State police command spokesman, DSP
Emmanuel Abuh confirmed the incident.He said the
police was already investigating the matter.
