Anambra Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Ify Obinabo has decried the high rate of homicide in the state and stated that the case will be charged to court in order to get justice.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that Obinabo while speaking after visiting the scene of a 74-year old woman allegedly burnt to death in her wheelchair in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area, promised that the state government would not relent until justice was served.
Items recovered at the crime scene were the burnt remains of the deceased, her wheelchair, and a casket.
Four suspects fingered in the crime are 21-year old Chinenye Ekwenugo; 47 year old Uzochukwu Okeke; 60-year old Fidel Anayo and Ikenna Anene aged 54.
The suspects though initially denied knowing what happened to the 74 year old but later accepted that they were around after the fire incident but Chinenye confessed that her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Igwe, who is 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.
