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Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has waded into the case of a 74-year old woman allegedly burnt to death in her wheelchair in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
The gruesome act was reportedly carried out by four persons namely Chinenye Ekwenugo (21), Uzochukwu Okeke (47), Fidel Anayo (60) and Ikenna Anene (54) while items recovered at the crime scene were the burnt remains of the deceased, her wheelchair and a casket.
Speaking after visiting the scene of the crime, Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo decried the high rate of homicide in the state.
She hinted that the case would be charged,
assuring that government would not relent until justice was served to the matriarch.
Although the suspects initially feigned ignorance of what happened to the septuagenarian but later admitted they were around after the fire incident.
Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend Ifeanyi Igwe, currently at large and three others set the victim ablaze and got a casket to bury her before the intervention of security operatives.
Newsmen discovered that the scene of crime was totally cleared, the walls washed off, and burial already set before they were intercepted by the police.
Further investigation showed that the children of the deceased did not take any action when they heard of their mother’s death.
While some speculated that she was killed because of the properties her late husband left behind, others were of the opinion that she was killed to avoid burdening her eight daughters.
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