An unidentified young man in Umuajana Village Umudioka, Dunukofia LGA of Anambra state, reportedly killed his father and buried him in a shallow grave.

The old man had gone missing for days when his family members started looking for him. Traces of blood were said to have been found in the compound and it led to the man's room, lending credence that he must have been murdered and suspicion quickly fell on the son who lives with the father and had a frosty relationship with him.

The shallow grave where the old man was buried by his son was discovered on Sunday, March 6, around 2 pm after someone raised suspicion.

During interrogation, the son allegedly owned up to killing the father and burying him in the shallow grave. The youths wanted to lynch him but the elders prevailed on them and he was handed over to the police.

Meanwhile, Echeno Adakole reportedly beheaded his 50-year-old stepmother, Titi Enokela, in Obaganya community, a suburb in Otukpo local government area of Benue state. The hideous act was committed for ritual purposes. The suspect allegedly ambushed the victim at a family farm settlement, hit her with a piece of wood and cut off her head.