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A 28-year-old cleric, Chukwuemeka Obijofa, on Saturday, was paraded at the Anambra StatePolice Headquarters for allegedly killing his wife and four-year-old son after taking some wraps of Indian hemp.
He alleged that his wife had told him that their only son was not his. He added that he was angry when he returned home on a certain day and met his wife with two men.
He said, “I killed her and my son out of anger after I found out that she’s been cheating on me for long. I didn’t believe it because of the level of love and trust I had for her.
Man, 28, runs amok, kills wife, child in Anambra
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A 28-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Obijofa, who allegedly killed his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26, and his four-year-old son with a shovel, has been arrested by operatives of the Anambra State Police Command.
CSP Haruna Mohammed, the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, who made this known in a statement, yesterday, in Awka, said the suspect allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained before attacking his wife and child.
He said: “On January 26, at about 7:45 p.m., Police operatives attached to Ozubulu Police Station arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, of Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.
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The police in Anambra has arrested a 28-year -old man, Chukwuemeka Obijofa, for allegedly killing his wife and four-year-old child in Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the suspect reportedly attacked his wife, Chisom and his child, Amanda on their heads with a shovel. He also reportedly injured a vigilante member who tried to rescue the victims.
The Anambra State Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect has been arrested while the corpses have been deposited at the hospital’s morgue after being certified dead by the doctor.
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Anambra State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Obijofa, for allegedly hacking his wife Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 years old and their four-year-old child, Amanda Chukwuemeka to death with a shovel at Ofufe Nza Village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday.
CSP Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the incident in a statement said the suspect may have suffered some insanity as he reportedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained.
He was said to have equally used the same shovel to attack a local vigilante man who had tried to rescue the victims.
On getting a report of the attack, detectives had visited the scene where the victims were picked and rushed to a hospital at Ozubulu. They were however certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor, PPRO added.
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Police operatives in Anambra have arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa of Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo LGA.
The 28-year-old was arrested by officers attached to Ozubulu Police Station, for allegedly attacking and killing his wife and child.
The victims Mrs. Chisom Chukwuemeka, ‘f’, aged 26 years, and Amanda Chukwuemeka, ‘m’, aged 4 years, were attacked by Obijiofa who is said to have run amok following a yet to be ascertained circumstance.
Police authorities say Obijiofor killed his wife and child by hitting them on their heads with a shovel.
The suspect equally used the same object and wounded a vigilante man who tried to rescue the victims.