and grinding her head beyond recognition.
The suspect was arrested for the murder of his 62-year-old mother in their home at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State.
Speaking on the arrest, Orlando Ikeokwu, the spokesperson for the State Police Command, said they received a report from members of the community that the suspect had murdered his mother.
Orlando added that the police quickly at arrived the scene of the incident and found the remains of the deceased.
He further disclosed that after hitting his mother with a hammer, Sunday also dismembered her and grounded her head with the murder weapon.
Here's what he said;
" He murdered his mother using a hammer and a machete on her head and then, completely grounded the head into powder beyond recognition with the hammer."
The police then took the body to the mortuary where an autopsy would be carried out on her but all efforts to deposit the remains of the woman in a morgue proved abortive as the body was rejected because of the gory state it was in.
Meanwhile, the Suspect confessed to the crime but insisted that he didn't know what came over him. According to the police spokesperson the matter is still being investigated and the Suspect would soon be charged to court.
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