Tragedy struck at Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Anambra State,as a woman allegedly set a policewoman and her two children ablaze.
The suspect told the police that she deserved to be shot as she killed her benefactor and her too kids, ” I had disagreement with her and we fought. I didn’t know what came over me,then I used pestle to hit her on the head, so when she was unconscious, I decided to kill her and her too kids to cover up the crime. I used rope to tie the woman and her too kids, and set the house ablaze. It was the handwork of the devil”.
The suspect, Nneamaka Nwosu, a native of Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, who is in police custody was being assisted by the policewoman before the incident.
A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity, said the suspect, Nwosu, had gone to live with the policewoman shortly after she became homeless and in dire need of accommodation after her husband sent her out of their home.
“As soon as the husband divorced her, she confided in the policewoman, who benevolently offered her accommodation in her apartment.
“On that fateful day, she had a quarrel with the policewoman which led to a fight. She hit the policewoman on the head with pestle and she fell and became unconscious.
“She quickly tied the policewoman and her two kids together with a rope inside their room and set them ablaze together with the building,” he said.
It was gathered that the suspect was apprehended by local vigilante and some villagers, who were attracted by the fire, while she was trying to escape.
When the vigilante interrogated her, she initially denied the act, claiming it was a case of gas explosion, while the deceased and her children were boiling water.
Nwosu later confessed to the crime, attributing it to the handiwork of the devil.
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the suspect had been arrested and the bodies of the policewoman and her children have deposited at the mortuary.
Ikenga said that the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation and prosecution.preliminary information revealed that the policewoman accommodated the suspect while she was searching for a house.
“The two women had a disagreement which resulted in a fight before the suspect hit the woman police on her head with a pestle.
“While she became unconscious, she tied her with her two kids and set them ablaze. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited in the morgue.
