SAD: 17-Year-Old Boy Kills Mother For Allegedly Making Him Impotent In Benue

A boy based in Benue State has brutally murdered his own mother after accusing her of witchcraft and allegedly making him impotent.

Vanguard reports a 17-year-old boy identified as Agayo Iorzenda who was paraded by the Benue State Police Command, said he decided to kill his mother at Tse-Agbaigbe Ikyurav-Tiev, in Katsina/Ala Local Government Area, because she was responsible for his being impotent in the last few years.

Agayo who ran away after killing his mother was apprehended on Monday evening  by the Police in Katsina-Ala.

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Speaking on how the incident happened, the state Commissioner of Police, Paul Yakadi, said the suspect allegedly shot his mother with a locally-made gun after accusing her of witchcraft.

Represented by the Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent, Moses Yamu, the Police Commissioner said the matter was still being investigated by the Police after which he would face trial.

When Agayo was interviewed by reporters, he said: ”I went to consult the oracle over my impotence and I was told that my mother used my manhood for witchcraft and rendered me impotent. She did not want me to be a man.

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”So my friend advised me to kill her so as to use her blood to acquire spiritual powers that will help me become rich and also do many other things. That was why I shot her.”