A yet-to-be-identified assailant has killed three siblings – a boy aged 5 and two girls aged 7 and 9 – in their home and stored their bodies in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi, Anambra State.
TheNewsGuru reports that the mother of the deceased children, namely Ejezie Chikaima Daviana, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and Ejezie Chimdilim David, had left home to partake in an examination on the day of the tragic incident.
According to reports, when she came back home after partaking in the examination, she met the door leading to the house open, an unusual occurrence since the children always locked the doors whenever they went out to play.
Narrating the incident, the father of the deceased’ssiblings, Ejezie Udochukwu, disclosed that he was called on Saturday, February 1, and told about the incident by his wife and he had to rush to Nnewichi.
Udochukwu said: When my wife got home, she didn’t see the children. She and others searched for them, even at the church where they served as altar boys and girls, but they weren’t there.”
He added: “My wife told me after searching for the kids by herself and a search party, without success, in despair the deep freezer was opened and behold, the de@d bodies of the kids were there.
“In the house, bungalow where we live with two tenants and the landlord, the kids were eating when the assailants stormed the house at about noon as there were traces of food in plates that were forcefully abandoned.
“The c0rpses of the kids have been deposited at a morgue and the police, CPS Nnewi, is where we reported the matter and the police are investigating. You can see that I am completely devastated. My three kids k!lled same time by yet-to-be-identified assailants.”
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered a full investigation.
“The bodies have been recovered, and the CP has transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for thorough investigation. More details will be shared later,”
Ikenga said.