A 17-year-old secondary school dropout, Obus Felix, allegedly beat his 65-year-old grandmother, Alice Onome, to a state unconsciousness during a disagreement over a missing N20,000.
A 17-year old boy, Obus Felix who happens to be a Secondary school drop-out has shocked the residents of the Abraka community in Delta state after he reportedly beat his 65-year-old grandmother, Alice Onome to coma after an arguement involving a sum of N20,000.
This incident took place on Wednesday at 12;30pm after the grandmother accused him of him of stealing N20,000 which belongs to her. which highly angered Obus.
An eyewitness said the grandmother returned from the farm and discovered that the firewood and N20,000 she set aside for the preparation of her grandchild’s thanksgiving ceremony were missing. This prompted her to rain curses on the culprit as she searched endlessly for the items. Obus Felix walked into the scene with a drunken state showing so much indifference as she persisted with her search.
The argument, according to the eyewitness, who is a neighbour, later degenerated into a physical confrontation and the teenager allegedly attacked his grandmother and beat her viciously.
“Later the woman fell down and started foaming in the mouth before she slipped into unconsciousness. She was then taken to a nearby hospital where she was resuscitated,” the neighbour said.
Police officers at the Abraka Police Division, who did not want their names in the print, confirmed the incident, saying Felix was arrested while trying to escape. According to the policemen, the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to the crime, claiming he acted out of anger.
The police commissioner in the state, Alkali Baba Usman, who also confirmed the arrest of the boy, said he would be charged to court on completion of the investigation.