…CP advises couples to live in harmony, use legal/moral means to resolve their differences
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command attached to 9th Mile Police Division, April 9, arrested one Nnenna Egwuagu for allegedly murdering her stepson.
According to police spokesperson, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the 29-yr-old suspect, Nnenna, who hails from Umulumgbe in Udi local government area of the state, “administered a noxious substance to her 3-yr-old stepson, Wisdom Egwuagu, thereby causing his sudden death.”
Ndukwe disclosed that Nnenna’s husband and father of the deceased child, Justine Egwuagu, reported the incident to the Police, alleging that “the unusual actions of the suspect towards the child caused his death.”
“Preliminary investigation shows that the suspect confessed to having administered the noxious substance, suspected to be that of a sniper insecticide, to the child.
“She claimed that her action was due to her husband’s inability to take care of her and their daughter; and that she wanted the child to become sick so her husband could spend money to treat him.
“The child was confirmed dead in the hospital and his corpse deposited in the mortuary for autopsy,” he added.
Meanwhile, the police revealed that the container of the noxious substance and syringe the suspect used to administer the substance to the child have been recovered, while further thorough investigation into the case is ongoing at the State Criminal and Investigation Department (CID), Enugu.
To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, while describing the act as callous and unfortunate, has advised couples “to truly love each other, live peaceably no matter the circumstance and use every legal and/or morally acceptable means to resolve their differences.”
