Three siblings, a boy aged 5, and two girls aged 7 and 9 – were killed in their home and their bodies were kept in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi, Anambra state, by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
The eldest of the siblings, a girl, Ejezie Chikaima Daviana, with the second daughter, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and the only son, Ejezie Chimdilim David, were in the house when their mother, Mrs Chikazor Ejezie, said to be a lecturer and a nurse, left home to partake in an examination on the fateful day.
When she returned from the examination, the mother met the door leading to the house open wide, an unusual occurrence since the children always locked the doors whenever they went out to play.
The father of the deceased siblings, Mr Ejezie Udochukwu, who is based in Irrua, Edo State, said he was called on Saturday, February 1, and told about the incident by his wife and he had to rush to Nnewichi.
Udochukwu said: When my wife got home, she didn’t see the children. She and others searched for them, even at the church where they served as altar boys and girls, but they weren’t there.”
He added: “My wife told me after searching for the kids by herself and a search party, without success, in despair the deep freezer was opened and behold, the de@d bodies of the kids were there.
“In the house, bungalow where we live with two tenants and the landlord, the kids were eating when the assailants stormed the house at about noon as there were traces of food in plates that were forcefully abandoned.
“The c0rpses of the kids have been deposited at a morgue and the police, CPS Nnewi, is where we reported the matter and the police are investigating. You can see that I am completely devastated. My three kids k!lled same time by yet-to-be-identified assailants.”
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered a full investigation.
“The bodies have been recovered, and the CP has transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for thorough investigation. More details will be shared later,” Ikenga said.
Meanwhile, residents of Nnewichi have called for a proper investigation and justice for the murdered children.
This comes one month after three siblings were found de@d inside a parked vehicle in their parent’s compound in Nise, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State (read here).
The three boys, aged between two and six years, were found lifeless inside their father’s car parked within the compound.
Eyewitnesses said their mouths were bound, and that the car was smeared with blood, indicating a calculated and chilling act of violence.
The children’s father, described as a man in his early thirties, frequently locks his children inside the compound before leaving for work with their mother, and returns briefly to provide them meals before heading back to his business.
It was while the parents were away that the perpetrator is believed to have gained access to the premises by climbing over the wall before carrying out the crime.
