IZUNNA OKAFOR
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 40-year old man in connection with an ongoing investigation over the sudden death of his son.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed it to newsmen on Friday.
He informed newsmen that the suspect, Mr. Alfred Bassey, who hails from Cross River State, was alleged to have forcibly taken the 7-year old son from the mother, and had been living with him in an uncompleted building at Trans-Nkisi Layout Onitsha.
The Police Spokesman however, said that on 11th December, 2024, the body of the child was found in a soakaway pit dug in the abandoned uncompleted building after his father left him there for an unknown destination.
Continuing, SP Ikenga said the suspected lifeless body of the child was recovered from the pit and taken to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by a doctor, leading to the arrest of his father as a principal suspect by the Police operatives attached to the 3-3 Divisional Headquarters.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, saddened by this development, admonished parents to prioritize the well-being of their children against any difference they may have had with their spouse, to avoid exposing them to emotional and psychological trauma and/or death.
He further directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a more detailed investigation.