A middle-aged man, Chinasa Ogbaga, has allegedly killed two of his children and left one fatally injured in Okpuitumo community in Abakaliki local government area of Ebonyi State.
Spokesman for the police command in the state, Mrs. Loveth Odah who confirmed the incident on Monday in Abakaliki said the suspect went to the estranged wife’s home where he took the children on the pretence of taking them home to cater for them for the Christmas celebration.
She said the suspect instead veered off into a nearby bush where he allegedly “slaughtered the children with a cutlass.”
Odah said the victims were male and female children aged six and four years respectively while the injured victim is two years old.
She said the suspect had been arrested while investigations were currently ongoing to unravel the cause of the incident.
She said the suspect would be arraigned as soon as police investigations were concluded.
“The divisional police officer, 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 December 16 at Egwuagu, Okpuitumo in Abakaliki local government area.
“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,” said Odah.
