MAN KILLS OWN CHILDREN IN EBONYI
The man who has been arrested as at the time of filing this report was said to have instead of going to his house with the children, veered off into a nearby bush where he allegedly “slaughtered the children with a cutlass.”
Penpushing further reports that, the Police Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah confirmed the ugly incident, adding that, investigations were currently ongoing to unravel the cause of the incident, while the suspect was under police custody.
The police spokesperson said the suspect would be arraigned as soon as investigations were concluded adding that the victims were male and female children aged six years and four years respectively while the injured victim is two years old.
“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ekumenyi Divisional Police headquarters reported a case of multiple homicide at Okpuitumo community in Abakaliki local government area.The suspect, a vulcanizer who is already in Police custody allegedly killed his two children and inflicted heavy multiple injuries on one on Dec. 16 at Egwuagu, Okpuitumo in Abakaliki LGA’,she said.
“The suspect is arrested and currently been detained at the state police headquarters. No individual has a right to take another’s life and as a law enforcement agency committed to securing lives and property, police will ensure that justice is served by bringing the suspect to book”, Odah said.
Penpushing also reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer assured residents that police would not relent in ensuring tight security during the New Year celebration and appealed to residents to report any suspected criminal breaches in their areas.
