Christian Alisigwe, a 35 years old man who hails from Anambra State, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for the gruesome murder of his biological son named Ebubechukwu Alisigwe.
According to the report, the crime was committed on the 9th of July, 2020 at about 15:21GMT (3:21pm Nigerian time). Some police operatives attached to Azia Police Station, acting on information gathered, were said to have arrested the suspect at Ihite Azia in Ihiala Local government Area of Anambra state.
Findings revealed that the suspect, in carrying out the crime, used a cutlass to inflict deep cut on 4 years old Ebubechukwu who died later due to injury sustained. To cover up his heinous crime, Christain was discovered to have buried the corpse in a shallow grave in his compound.
Meanwhile, police detectives visited the scene, exhumed the corpse and deposited same at Abam mortuary for autopsy.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the Case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Awka, for discreet investigation.