Alleged Murderer Of Neighbour’s 4-year Old Daughter Nabbed By Police In Enugu 
Police operatives in Enugu have arrested a 30-year old man, for killing his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter.
The arrest was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Tuesday.
Ndukwe said the command received a distress call on August 18, 2024, around 10:30 PM.
He noted that police operatives serving in the Nsukka sector of the Enugu State Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, to hasten to a compound at Orba Road in Nsukka Local Government Area.
He said the caller had alleged the murder of a four-year-old girl.
The Operatives consequently arrested one Nweke Chukwuemeka aged 30, alleged to have gruesomely murdered the female child, Zinachukwu Ugwu, in cold blood while she was sleeping.
The lifeless body of the child was taken to the hospital, confirmed dead, and deposited in the mortuary.
Additionally, the knife used by the suspect to commit the crime, quantities of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, and an object suspected to be a charm were recovered from him.
Ndukwe said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect hails from Umuagu-Ozalla in Nkanu West Local Government Area, but resides in the said compound with the child’s parents and others.
He initially attempted to attack other neighbours who resisted him and escaped before going into the victim’s apartment, where he saw the helpless child sleeping and used the knife to cut through her throat.
This was after the mother of the child had run out to take the other of her children to safety before coming back for the victim.
The suspect confessed to the crime, claiming that he acted alone but under the influence of Indian hemp, methamphetamine (locally known as “Mkpuru-mmiri”), and Action Bitters alcoholic drink he consumed earlier.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sam Udekwe is a journalist working in the News and Current Affairs department, Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Enugu. He is well trained in all genres of journalistic venture.
Mr Sam read Mass Communication, graduating all with Distinction in National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma at IMT, Enugu and Madonna University, Okija, Anambra state, while he is presently on his M.Sc programme also in Mass Communication, at National Open University of Nigeria.
He is currently the NUJ Chairman, Enugu state.
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