A 52-year old man, Kunde Bravo, in the wee hours of Thursday, allegedly killed his 80-year-old mother, identified simply as Mama Yakubu, after a restless night assumed to have been caused by excessive drug abuse, including hemp.

Reports say Bravo had stormed his mother’s sleeping chambers in the Jenta Mangoro area of Jos in Plateau State and slaughtered her.

According to relatives and other sympathizers, Bravo who is a staff of Union Bank in Jos, cut her with a machete and left her in the pool of her blood.

One Baba Nati, a relative, who was among the first persons attracted to the scene of the incident, speaking with newsmen, said, “Members of the household heard the deceased woman shouting for help at about 6am, and upon rushing to her sleeping chambers, discovered her lifeless body in the pool of her blood.”

Subsequently, a younger brother of the suspect, Moses Yakubu, said people attacked Bravo and beat him to an unconscious state.

Yakubu, speaking in Hausa, said, “My elder brother has been behaving abnormal and the previous night, he acted strangely and was restless.

“He is into excessive consumption of hard drugs and has been acting strangely of late.”

The State police command spokesman, DSP Emmanuel Abuh confirmed the incident.He said the police was already investigating the matter.