Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force
OPERATIVES of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a man for allegedly killing his two children using a wooden pestle while they were asleep.
SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra State Police Command who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday added that the suspect also injured his aged father on the head.
The statement reads;
“On the 21/06/2020, at about 1:am, Police operatives attached to Ogbunike Police Station arrested one Ifeanyi Apusiobi ‘m’ aged 34years of Azu Ogbunike in Oyi LGA of Anambra State.
“Suspect allegedly ran amok in a circumstances yet to be ascertained and attacked two of his biological children namely Chinecherem Apusiobi ‘f aged 7 years and Obinna Apusiobi ‘m’ aged 5 years with a wooden pistle on their heads while they were sleeping.Suspect equally used same object and injured his father one Dominic Apusiobi aged 72years on the head”, he stated.
Mohammed explained that on receiving the alert, the police detectives visited the Scene and rushed victims to the hospital for medical attention where the two children were certified dead by a medical doctor while the aged father is responding to treatment.
Corpses of the deceased victims have been deposited at Isienyi hospital morgue for autopsy while Exhibit recovered and case transferred to State CID Awka for discreet investigation.