A 37-year-old bricklayer, Mr. Chukwuma Udenwa, who dumped
his father’s corpse in a septic tank at Okpanam, Oshimili North Local
Government Area, Delta State, has been arrested by the Police. The father of
three claimed he had to dump his father’s remains in the septic tank because he
did not have money to take the corpse to the mortuary.
The man, who hails from Uli in Ihiala, Anambra State, was
arrested after his landlord raised alarm on discovering a decomposing corpse in
one of the septic tanks in the compound. The suspect reportedly told his
neighbours that one of his sisters living in Ibusa, near Asaba brought his 83
years old sick father, Mr. John Udenwa, to his house. He later told some of his
neighbours that the father passed on and the corpse had been deposited in
Maduemeze Hospital mortuary only for the corpse to be discovered in their
septic tank.
Udenwa, who was detained at the Okpanam Police Station
before he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further
investigation, confessed to the crime on interrogation.
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO in the
State, SP Celestina Kalu said the suspect would be arraigned in court under
section 242 of the criminal code.
8 Comments
It's sad.
ReplyDeleteHorrible!
ReplyDeletePeople do abnormal things these days.
ReplyDeleteIt's shocking! Really bad.
ReplyDeleteTo him he's in mortuary.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't he bury the man at once.
ReplyDeleteNa wah for him!
ReplyDeleteThank God they discovered on time.
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