Palpable tension and anxiety have enveloped Umuaghara village in Alulu autonomous community in Ngor – Okpala council area of Imo State, following the killing of a woman in her farm.

The victim, Uwalu Justina, from Umunwadi village in Alulu autonomous community, but married to Nwankworji Oke of Umuaghara village, was on Sunday evening murdered and buried by her assailant in her own indigenous farm land.

A source in the community, who preferred anonymity, told Daily Sun that the community was thrown into confusion last Sunday evening, when the deceased was found in a shallow grave in her own village farm land.

He said: “The entire Alulu community was thrown into confusion last Sunday evening when it discovered that Justina Uwalu, who had gone to her farm in Umuaghara village, was killed by her assailant who now took her corpse and buried in a farm land in Umunwadi, which was her village before she got married to Oke Nwankworji of Umuaghara village, both in Alulu autonomous community.”

Also, a relative of the deceased, who simply identified herself as Nneka, said that the deceased went to farm on that fateful day, and when she failed to return, the children went to the farm only to see her clothes and sandals on the farm without seeing her.

Alarmed at their discovery, they promptly reported to the villagers who now went into the said farm on thorough search, only to find the corpse buried in a shallow grave at the deceased’s maiden community’s farm land about a 1,000 metres away from where she was murdered, and exhumed the body back to the family.

She also disclosed that the suspect, a family member of the deceased, who had allegedly vowed to eliminate the deceased, had fled the community with his family upon the discovery of the dastardly act.

Meanwhile, the Ngor-Okpala Police Division, which confirmed the incident, disclosed that investigation was ongoing. (Daily Sun)

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