Police operatives attached to Ozubulu Police Station, last Tuesday at about7.45pm, arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, aged 28 years, of Ofufe Nza village, Ozubulu, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, for allegedly killing his wife and son.
According to report issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Haruna Mohammed, the suspect allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained and attacked his wife, one Chisom Chukwuemeka, aged 26 and their son, Amanda Chukwuemeka, aged 4 years, both of same address, with a shovel on the head.
The PPRO said the suspect also used the same object and wounded a vigilante man who tried to rescue the victims.
He said police detectives visited the scene and rushed victims to the Joint Hospital, Ozubulu, for medical attention where the two victims were certified dead by a medical doctor on arrival.
The wounded vigilante is responding to treatment, while the corpses of the victims were deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP John Abang, has directed the DPO to transfer the case to State CID, Awka, for discreet investigation to unravel the actual cause of the incident.
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