The man has been identified as the owner of Markis Aluminium Window and Glasses.
Residents of Abubor Nnewi-Chi in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday evening found the decomposing bodies of a man and his wife in their house.
The man has been identified as the owner of Markis Aluminium Window and Glasses.
A resident of the community in a video seen by SaharaReporters said the couple were murdered by their son who is said to be a university undergraduate. The suspect killed the parents for reasons yet unknown and ran away.
The resident who spoke in Igbo said, “If you look at this place, you can see this is the compound of Nnadi Igwebogu in Abubor Nnewi-Chi. All these crowds that have gathered here is (sic) because of a young man who is in university that killed his father and mother.
“The dead bodies of his father and mother are still in their room at Nnadi Igwebogu compound, decaying. We are waiting for the police to remove the dead bodies because they have decayed.
“It is happening at Nnadi Igwebogu in Nnwei-Chi. Markis Aluminium in Abubor who makes Almako windows and glasses. Their only son murdered them and ran away. Nobody knows.”
When contacted, the state police public relations officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga said, “The Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng while describing the discovery of the already decomposing dead bodies in an apartment in Nnewi on 22/9/2022 at about 5:20pm with machete cuts, as act of man’s inhumanity to man, orders immediate manhunt of the suspect.
“He further directs the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation. Meanwhile, the bodies have been recovered and deposited in the morgue. Further development shall be communicated please.”
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