A 29-year-old guy in Cross River was arrested for killing his mother.

Mathias Amunde Ugwe, 29, has been arrested for killing his mother, Mrs. Justina Amunde, in Ohong village, Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River State.

Ireport247news reported on December 31st 2025 that the victim’s body was recovered from a well.

According to information obtained, the suspect was taken into custody by a team including the Nigerian Police Force, Batriko in the Eastern Boki Local Government Area, the Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Obudu Chapter, the IPO, and SA Security to Obudu Local Government.

An unnamed source suggested that the woman was murdered and had her hair cut for rituals, according to publisher Elijah Ugani, who confirmed the arrest in a Facebook post on Friday, January 10, 2025.

The ritualist who told the suspect to shave his mother’s hair and bring it to him was also captured by the security personnel.

It has been reported that Mrs. Amunde returned quite late from the Christmas vigil on December 24, 2024.

Without realising that her own son had conspired with his buddy and hidden themselves in the store, ready to perform the crime, she then closed all the doors in the house.

A source said, “A few hours into the night, the house help who stays with late Mrs Justina Amunde, went to the kitchen to get drinking water, found out that the killer Mathias and his friend were hiding in the store.

“The house help then raised the alarm and the victim came to the rescue of the girl. Unfortunately for her, her own son, Mathias, started hitting her with a heavy hammer, after dispossessing her of cash.

“When he noticed that his mother was no longer breathing, his friend assisted him to carry the corpse and dumped it inside a well in the compound.

“Having deposited her corpse in the well, they ran out of the house with the house help to Boki Local Government Area and threatened her not to disclose the incident to anyone. 

“But the house help escaped to Utanga, Obanliku Local Government Area to meet her parents on the 27th of December, 2024.

“The girl then narrated her ordeal to her parents, who later contacted us. We then found the corpse in the well on the 28th December, 2024”