A 30-year-old man identified as Ndubuisi Nwaobilor has reportedly set his father ablaze in Abia State.
The incident happened at Umuomauzor in Asa North community.
According to report, Ndubuisi’s father, Mr. Ogbonna Nwaobilor, died at the scene of the incident.
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Ndubuisi, a tiler was said to have burnt the father who is a retired driver, after the latter refused to give him the money that the LG council chairman and his deputy shared to some of the elders in the community.
A source in the neighbourhood said: “You know that the governor directed that the people selling meat at the Waterside Abattoir should vacate the place and move to Umuomauzor where the new abattoir was situated.
“The Ukwa Local Government Chairman visited the community ahead of the movement of the abattoir to inspect the level of work that is going on there. The man’s share from the money given out by the local government chairman and the deputy who is from the Umuomauzor village was about N8,000.
“When he came back, the son, who thought that the father and others were given large sums of money, confronted the father, demanding his own share. The explanation that they were not given any huge sum of money fell on deaf ears.
“He never believed the father, and in the heat of the argument, he pushed him down, poured some petrol on him and struck a match that set him ablaze.”
When asked if the suspect had issues with his father before that day.
The source said, “I don’t know if they were having any problem before that day. But what I can tell you is that the boy takes mkpurumiri. So, it could be that he did it under the influence of the hard drug.”
According to the source, the suspect has been handed over to the Obehie Police Division for investigation and possible prosecution.
