Uneasy calm now pervades the sleepy rural Umuduruegwele autonomous community, Umueze 2, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, following the reported raping and strangulation of a mother of five, Mrs. Esther David, in her farm.
The story making the rounds in the community had it that the victim had gone to her farm to collect palm fruits harvested for her at about 9a.m. on the day.
A villager, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, recounted: “She had barely lifted few bunches into her wheelbarrow when the rapist, who had earlier laid ambush for the woman, pounced on her and dragged her into a farmland.
“The woman’s husband and children became apprehensive at about 4p.m. when she had not returned home, and began a frantic search for her. They rushed back home and raised alarm after sighting only her wheelbarrow in the farm.”
Villagers then went back in search of the woman and brought her body home.
All efforts to get the royal father of the community, Eze Dan Emereonye, and Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Andrew Enwerem, to speak on the incident failed at press time, but reliable sources at both ends confirmed that the suspect has been nabbed and undergoing interrogation.
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