A man, identified as Ogeoma Ogbonna, has beheaded his father, Azubuike Ogbonna, in Umuomei community, in Obingwa council area of Abia state.

Vanguard gathered that after beheading his father, Ogeoma later dug a hole where he buried the severed head before neighbors were attracted to the incident.

The father?s body lay in a pool of blood as sympathizers thronged the compound and expressed shock over what could have led Ogeoma to kill his father.

Community sources told Vanguard that Ogeoma who is a palm cutter, has been showing signs of mental illness and was always threatening to harm people.

He was alleged to have earlier threatened to kill his father before executing the evil act, few hours later.

?Ogeoma has been showing signs of mental illness. He was always threatening to harm people. But nobody in this community knew that he will get to the extent of cutting off his father?s head.

?We are still in shock on how he could kill his father. Before neighbors were called in to see what happened, he had already buried the head in a shallow grave in the compound. He took people and showed them the grave,? a native of the community, said.

As at the time of filing this report, Police Public Relations Officer,Abia State Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, did not respond to calls and a text message sent to her mobile number. (Vanguard)