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Police quiz father children found dead in a deep freezer

Police quiz father children found dead in a deep freezer

Police detectives yesterday quizzed Michael Edeh, father of two children found dead inside a deep freezer on Sunday night at the Ikorodu area of Lagos state.

 

Police quiz father children found dead in a deep freezer

 

The unfortunate incident which threw the resident of Ikorodu into shock has been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), Panti Street, Yaba.

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti who confirmed the arrest said parents owe their children a duty of care under the law

Oti said that the incident occurred on. Sunday and that it was the boy’s father who reported the matter to the police.

“One Michael Ede came to the station to report that around midnight on Sunday, November 11, 2018, he and his two children, Emma Ede, 6, and Darasimi Ede, 4, slept in his bedroom with all the apartment’s doors securely locked.

But unfortunately, when he woke up to urinate in the middle of the night, he could not find his children, but after searching for them, he found them dead inside the freezer.

“The corpses have been evacuated to the General Hospital. We are investigating the matter and we have arrested the kids’ father for questioning”

Oti said that under the law, parents are held liable if their child falls from a three-story building and die.

He said that such a parent would be arrested to explain why he abdicated in his responsibility as guardian of the deceased child.

He said: “Call it to arrest or invitation. The case has been transferred to the homicide section of SCIID and the father of the children has been invited for questioning. He should be able to say what transpired. From the look of things, their mother seems not to be around.

“How could it be said that the two children left under his care and who had gone to bed with him were found dead inside a deep freezer along with a dog. Was the freezer open or locked before they went to sleep? How did they enter the freezer? These and many more are things which he has to explain.”

Oti further stated that, though there was no mark of violence on the bodies of the children the case has been handed over to experts in homicide matters to handle.

He, however, did not say if the deceased father was only questioned and was allowed to go or that he was detained.

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