Anambra divorcee Nneamaka Nwosu, sets police woman, 2 children ablaze

The deceased police woman was said to have taken Nwosu in after she was divorced by her husband, became homeless and in dire need of accommodation.

Narrating events that led to the triple murders, a resident of the community said, “As soon as the husband divorced her, she confided in the policewoman who benevolently offered her accommodation in her apartment.

“On that fateful day, she quarreled with the police woman which led to a fight. She hit the police woman on the head with a pestle and she fell and became unconscious.

“She quickly tied the police woman and her two kids together with a rope inside their room and set them ablaze together with the building,” he said.

When the vigilante interrogated her, she initially denied the act, claiming it was a case of gas explosion while the deceased and her children were boiling water.

Nwosu later confessed to the crime, attributing it to handiwork of the devil.

“I did not know what came over me that made me commit the crime. I deserve to be shot dead for this wicked act against the person who helped me in my time of need,” she said.

Confirming the incident, the Anambra state Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the suspect had been arrested and the bodies of the police woman and her children deposited in the mortuary.

Ikenga said that the case had been transferred to the State Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution.

He said, “Preliminary information reveals that the police woman accommodated the suspect while she was searching for a house.

“While she became unconscious, she tied her with her two kids and set them ablaze. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited in the morgue. Further development shall be communicated,” Ikenga promised.

(NAN)