A seven year old child has dìed after he tragically fell into a cesspit at a Construction site along Trans- Nkisi Layout, Onitsha, Anambra State.
Consequently, the Police Operatives attached to the 3-3 Divisional Headquarters on Friday, December 13, arrested his 40 – year – old father, Alfred Bassey (M), a native of Abi in Cross River State.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed this said preliminary investigation revealed that the father of the victim forcibly took the minor from his mother and had been living with him in an uncompleted building at Trans-Nkisi Layout Onitsha.
‘’Furthermore, 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 de@d by a doctor.’’
Ikenga said the state Commissioner of Police CP Nnaghe Obono Itam who is saddened by this development, has admonished parents to prioritize the well-being and safety of their children against any difference they may have had with their spouses to avoid exposing them to emotional and psychological trauma and/or deáth.
According to him, the case has been transfered to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, for a more detailed investigation.
