A sacrilege has occurred at sleepy Okpare town in Olomu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, as a son macheted his father, an Anglican Bishop to death.
The Anglican Bishop was identified as Rev. Isaac Umurie, of the St. John’s Anglican Church, Okpare-Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The assailant, Ufuoma Umurie, who is said to be mentally deranged, macheted his father in his sleep during the wee hours of Wednesday.
According to Niger Delta Today, the incident, which actually occurred around 2:00a.m., had the bishop’s wife and mother of the assailant, escaping death by the whiskers.
The suspect allegedly chased around his mother, who was attempting to rescue her husband during the attack.
The deceased, Rev. Umurie, was a priest preparing for his retirement at St. John’s Anglican Church, before his 28-year-old son macheted him to death.
Sources said the lethal attack was Ufuoma’s second time of going after the life of the man of God.
Ufuoma, who is already in police custody, reportedly engaged a machete to mutilate his father’s skull and other parts of his body in his sleep.
It was gathered that neighbours and church members couldn’t do much to salvage the situation after gaining access to the bishop’s apartment.
“This is the second time Ufuoma is attacking his father. The other time, he beat him, and Okpare-Olomu vigilante held him, but the father pleaded that he should not be taken to the police station. We heard that he is not mentally stable.
“In today’s incident, he hacked the father with a cutlass, burst his skull, and mutilated other parts of his body.
“The priest has a few years to retire. He was brought closer home because of his retirement before this unfortunate incident,” a source in the town told the online medium.
The suspect is said to be cooling off his feet at the Otu-Jeremi Divisional Headquarters of the Delta State Police Command.
