Two men, Jonathan
Nwogu from Mgboko Umuola in Obingwa LGA of Abia state
and Chibuike Anubuife from Ezeagu LGA of Enugu State were arrested by the Abia state command of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC while trying to bury the corpse of a 3 year old girl in an
abandoned pit in Osisioma, near Aba on Wednesday July 16th, Vanguard
reports.
Parading the men before newsmen, the state commandant of the
NSCDC, Andy Dateer, said the men were apprehended at Enyimba petrol
station near Ariara International market, Aba as they tried to put the
young girl's corpse in a sack for burial. A quarrel ensued between the
men and another man who was to convey them to the point of burial in his
car when men of the NSCDC, who were on a routine patrol
around the city, saw them. Continue...
"As people started gathering, the owner of the car zoomed off
and my men arrested the two suspects. If they had not been saved by my
men, the public would have lynched them and the society would not be
able to know the mystery behind their act" he said
Seaking with newsmen, one of the suspects, Chibuike
said he met Jonathan for the first time on that day as he pleaded with
him to help him bury the little child. Jonathan on the
other hand said a man accosted him to help him bury the child.
The NSCDC boss said both suspects will be handed to the police for further investigations.