From Ifeoma Ejiofor
Three siblings, a boy aged 5, and two girls aged 7 and 9 respectively, were reportedly murdered and inserted into a deep freezer at a residence at the back entrance of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) temporary site, in Nnewichi-Nnewi, Anambra State.
The eldest of the siblings, a girl, Ejezie Chikaime Daviana, with the second daughter, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and the only son, Ejezie Chimdilim David, were in the house when their mother, Mrs Chikazor Ejezie, said to be a lecturer and a nurse, left the house to partake in an examination on Saturday when her children were allegedly murdered.
The mother of the slaint victims was said to have returned and met the house widely opened in an unusual manner as the children always locked the door whenever they went out in the absence of their parents.
The father of the victims, Mr Ejezie Udochukwu, who is based in Irrua, Edo State, said he was called and told about the incident by his wife and he had to rush to Nnewi.
“My wife told me after searching for the kids herself and couldn’t find them, a search party was arranged which also couldn’t achieve any success. In despair the deep freezer was opened and behold, the dead bodies of the kids were there.
“In the house, bungalow are around where we live with two tenants and the landlord, the kids were eating when the assailants stormed the house at about noon as there was traces of food in plates that were likely forcefully abandoned.
“The corpses 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 killed same time by yet to be identified assailants,” he lamented.
The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for Anambra State command, Tochukwu Ikenga,(SP), said that he was unaware of the incident but pledged to make contacts with relevant police station for confirmation.
Meanwhile, when our reporter visited the scene of the crime, the house was said to have been sealed by a detachment of police officers from Central Police Station(CPS) Nnewi.
Residents around the vicinity of the scene of the crime were seen discussing the killing of the three children in muffled voices for fear of being invited by security operatives for questioning.