‘Cannibal slice off his aunt’s head and used it to make pepper soup in Nigeria… and was tucking into it when family members caught him’
- Jeremiah Ode allegedly killed his aunt Priscilla and lower off head with machete
- Ode, 45, then cooked a pepper soup with Priscilla’s decapitated head in Oju
- He was caught eating soup by kin right after they went hunting for sufferer
A suspected cannibal has been arrested in Nigeria right after he allegedly slice off his aunt’s head and applied it to make pepper soup.
Jeremiah Ode, 45, allegedly killed his uncle’s wife Priscilla, 65, and reduce off her head with a machete at her farm in Oju, in the southern condition of Benue.
Ode then cooked a pepper soup with Priscilla’s decapitated head and was having a steaming bowl of it when he was caught by relatives on August 19, stories the Nigerian newspaper Everyday Put up.
Ode was arrested and has appeared at Makurdi Magistrates’ Courtroom on costs of cannibalism.
A suspected cannibal has been arrested in Nigeria immediately after he allegedly reduce off his aunt’s head with a machete and employed it to make pepper soup (file image)
Silas Igari, from Oju, reported Ode to the police and claimed he had long gone to his uncle’s farm exactly where Priscilla was functioning ahead of he killed her with a machete.
Following reducing off Priscilla’s head, Ode, who is recognised in the group for being mentally deranged, employed it to make pepper soup.
Locals reported Priscilla’s loved ones had gone out looking for her just after she did not return household from the farm – only to come across Ode taking in her head.
Ode allegedly told law enforcement that he and Priscilla experienced fought every single other with their machetes before he overpowered her and killed her.
Jeremiah Ode, 45, allegedly killed his uncle’s spouse Priscilla, 65, and minimize off her head with a machete at her farm in Oju, in the southern point out of Benue
Nigerian newspaper Stateflash claimed: ‘The police regarded the narration as well usual to be that of a mad man and, hence, resolved to prosecute him.
‘Although the Prosecutor explained to the courtroom that the accused has confessed to committing the crime, no plea was taken, for want of jurisdiction.’
The Chief Magistrate, Regina Alagh, requested for Ode be remanded at the Federal Correctional Centre, Makurdi.
The accused has given that pleaded guilty of the cost in court docket, neighborhood experiences declare.
The circumstance has been adjourned until eventually November 11 for legal guidance from the Condition Ministry of Justice, stories mentioned.
