Fear has engulfed the sleepy community of Umuaghara village in Alulu autonomous community in Ngor Okpala local government area of Imo State, following the killing of a middle-age woman at her farmland.
The woman who was known as Uwalu Justina from Umunwadi village in Alulu autonomous community and married to Nwankworji Oke of Umuaghara village was killed and later buried by her assailants in her farm land .
An eyewitness who preferred anonymity stressed that the community was thrown into confusion and anxiety when the deceased was found in a shallow grave in her village farm land.
His words,” The entire Alulu community was thrown into confusion when we discovered that Justina Uwalu who had gone to her farm in Umuaghara village was killed by her assailants who took her corpse and buried same in a farm land in Umunwadi, which was her village before she married Oke Nwankworji of Umuaghara village both in Alulu Autonomous community”.
A relative of the deceased who identified herself as Nneka Oge, revealed that “the deceased had gone to her farm on that day and when she failed to return the children went to the farm only to discover her clothes and sandals on the farm without her presence.”
The children, astonished at their discovery, immediately reported to the villagers who now went into the said farm and searched vigorously only to discover the corpse buried in a shallow grave.
According to the children, the assassins buried their mother in her community`s farm land, few metres from where she was murdered and they had no option than to exhume the body back to the family for proper burial rites.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Michael Abattam, stated that the command was aware of the incident. According to him, they have set up a mechanism so as to arrest the culprits.
