Mr. Udochukwu and Mrs. Chikazor Ejezie,
the parents of the three children found dead in a freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi insist their children were murdered, demanding that the police uncover the truth and bring the culprit to justice.
Mrs. Ejezie, a nurse and lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, while narrating the heartbreaking incident, explained that she had gone for an exam on the fateful day, leaving her three children at home alone, as she usually did since her husband was based in Edo state.
However, upon her return, she noticed that the doors were open, yet the house was quiet with no sign of the children.
Initially, she assumed they had gone to church, possibly for a Saturday rehearsal in preparation for Sunday service, as they were altar servers.
But as the evening drew nearer with no sign of her children, she became anxious and began searching for them at the church, in the surrounding area, also making phone calls to her husband, relatives, and friends but to no avail.
In desperation, she returned home with her parish priest and asked her neighbour, a medical student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), to help search the apartment once again.
It was during this second search that the medical student discovered the three children lifeless sitting inside the freezer, which had been locked from the outside.
Speaking about their relationship with their neighbors, who are medical students at NAUTH, the couple stated that they had always enjoyed a good relationship with them and had no reason to suspect them.
A confidential photo of the children inside the freezer, shows that one of them was bleeding from the nose with blood stains on her body raising further suspicion about the nature of their deaths.
Angel Network News (ANN) gathered that
the police have since launched an investigation, assuring the grieving family that they are committed to uncovering the truth behind the tragedy.
The grieving couple who are both nurses
are left with their eldest son, who is currently in a seminary school at Ukpor.
They are currently at a relative’s home, where they are temporarily staying since their residence has been sealed off by the police pending the conclusion of investigations.
