REPORTED CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH OF A 7- YEAR OLD CHILD: ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND ARRESTS FATHER FOR LACK OF CARE AND NEGLIGENCE
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Alfred Bassey ,a forty years old man and indigene of Abi Cross River State. The arrest was in connection with an ongoing investigation of a reported case of the sudden death of a 7-year old child at a Construction site along Trans- Nkisi Layout, Onitsha.
The Police Operatives attached to the 3-3 Divisional Headquarters on the 13th December, 2024 by 9.30 am, arrested the suspect, a press briefing by the Police Public Relations Officer , SP Tochukwu Ikenga has disclosed.
According to report, on 11th December 2024, the lifeless body of the child was found in a soakaway pit dug in the abandoned uncompleted building after the suspect left the child for an unknown destination. The body of the child was later recovered and taken to the hospital before he was confirmed dead by a doctor.
During preliminary investigation, it reveals that the father of the victim forcibly took the minor from the mother and has been living with him in an uncompleted building at Trans-Nkisi Layout Onitsha before the unfortunate incidence.
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 directs the immediate transfer of the Case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a more detailed investigation. The State Police Spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga has said in the statement released.
