The Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended Amos Christopher, a man who suffers from epilepsy, on allegations of fatally assaulting his four-year-old brother, Thyson.
Amos, a 24-year-old resident of Dobi village in Ga’anda District, Gombi Local Government Area, is said to have committed the crime within one of the residences in their home on June 19, 2023.
According to a statement from SP Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police, Amos allegedly strangled his younger brother and subsequently decapitated him, using a hoe to dismember his body.
Amos, recognized as an epilepsy patient by his family members, reportedly carried out this act during a deterioration in his health condition.
The father of the suspect, Christopher Haruna, who blamed the unfortunate incident on his son’s ill health, said, “A day before the incident on June 18, 2023, Amos had experienced a seizure and slumped. But his health condition further deteriorated with a complete change in his behaviour the following morning, when he violently attacked his mother and younger brothers who were at home with him.”
Explaining further, he said Amos then took his brother, who was alone, and brutally murdered him.
“He grabbed the four years old boy and dragged him into a room, where he locked up the door from inside and beat him up to death. All efforts by his mother to rescue him were fruitless.
“He then carried the dead body outside, where he used the hoe in his possession and cut off the head as well as dismembered the body into two.”
During the interrogation conducted by Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the spokesperson of the command, the suspect, who is not known for being talkative, denied any involvement in the killing of anyone.
“I didn’t do anything; my younger brother is at home,” he simply told the police.
Haruna claimed that he was absent at his farm during the time when the event occurred. He mentioned that upon his return home, he discovered his deceased son lying in a pool of blood with his body mutilated.
