Jeremiah Ode, 45, has been arrested with the gruesome murder of Mrs. Priscilla Adoga by the Benue State Police Command.
The suspect, who was arraigned in Makurdi Magistrate Court, allegedly beheaded the 65-year-old woman and used her head to make pepper soup.
According to the Prosecuting Police Officer, Inspector Omaye Ujata, the unfortunate incident occurred on Friday, August 19, at Igwe Ochekpo in the state's Oju LGA.
The suspect, a mental case, was accused of committing the heinous crime while working on his victim's farm, where he murdered her.
He was said to have been apprehended by locals who went looking for the woman after she was declared missing, while eating the deceased's body part, which he had already cooked.
In his First Information Report (FIR), Ujata informed the court that the incident occurred last Friday and was reported to the police by one Silas Igiri of Oju LGA.
According to the report, "the accused attacked the victim, his uncle's wife, with a machete in a farm, where she was working at the time, and killed her before beheading her."
The Prosecutor informed the court that "the accused confessed to committing the crime in his statement."
The case has been postponed until November 11 in order for the State Ministry of Justice to provide legal advice.