Two men, Jonathan Nwogu from Mgboko Umuola in Obingwa LGA of Abia state and
Chibuike Anubuife from Ezeagu LGA of Enugu State were arrested by the Abia state
command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC while trying to
bury the corpse of a 3 year old girl in an abandoned pit in Osisioma, near Aba
on Wednesday July 16th, Vanguard reports.
Parading the men before newsmen,
the state commandant of the NSCDC, Andy Dateer, said the men were apprehended at
Enyimba petrol station near Ariara International market, Aba as they tried to
put the young girl’s corpse in a sack for burial. A quarrel ensued between the
men and another man who was to convey them to the point of burial in his car
when men of the NSCDC, who were on a routine patrol around the city, saw them.
“As people started gathering, the owner of the car zoomed off and my men
arrested the two suspects. If they had not been saved by my men, the public
would have lynched them and the society would not be able to know the mystery
behind their act” he said
Speaking with newsmen, one of the suspects, Chibuike said he met Jonathan for
the first time on that day as he pleaded with him to help him bury the little
child. Jonathan on the other hand said a man accosted him to help him bury the
child.
The NSCDC boss said both suspects will be handed to the police for
further investigations.