A 34-year-man, Ifeanyi Apusiobi, of Azu Ogbunike, Oyi Local Governmeny Area of Anambra State, in the early hours of Sunday June 21, 2020 killed two of his biological children with a wooden pistol.
The alleged murderer who was also said to have injured his aged father, one Dominic Apusiobi, aged 72 years in the head carried out the said act at about 1am.
This was made known to our correspondent by the Anambra State Police Command signed by SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), to the Police Command.
Our correspondent gathered that Police operatives attached to Ogbunike Police Station arrested the suspect.
Apusiobi who killed Chinecherem Apusiobi ‘f aged 7 years and Obinna Apusiobi ‘m’ aged 5 years while they were sleeping, was yet to disclose reasons for his actions.
The statement read in part, “meanwhile, police detectives visited the scene and rushed victims to the hospital for medical attention where the two children were certified dead by a medical doctor while the aged father is responding to treatment. Corpses deposited at Iyienyi Hospital morgue for autopsy. Exhibit recovered and case transferred to State CID Awka for discreet.”
