Three siblings: a boy aged 5; and two girls aged 7 and 9; were murdered in their home and their bodies stored in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, Nnewi, Anambra state, by unknown assailants.
The eldest of the siblings, a girl, Ejezie Chikaima Daviana, with the second daughter, Ejezie Chimziterem Dominica and the only son, Ejezie Chimdilim David, were in the house when their mother, Mrs Chikazor Ejezie, said to be a lecturer and a nurse, left home to partake in an examination on the fateful day.
When she returned from the examination, the mother met the door leading to the house open wide, an unusual occurrence since the children always locked the doors whenever they went out to play.
The father of the deceased siblings, Mr Ejezie Udochukwu, who is based in Irrua, Edo State, said he was called on Saturday, 1 February, 2025, and told about the incident by his wife and he had to rush to Nnewichi.
Udochukwu said, “When my wife got home, she didn’t see the children. She and others searched for them, even at the church where they served as altar boys and girls, but they weren’t there.”
He added: “My wife told me after searching for the kids by herself and a search party, without success, in despair the deep freezer was opened and behold, the dead bodies of the kids were there.
“In the house, a bungalow where we live with two tenants and the landlord, the kids were eating when the assailants stormed the house at about noon as there were traces of food in plates that were like forcefully abandoned.
“The corpses of the kids have been deposited at a morgue and the police, CPS Nnewi, is where we reported the matter and the police are investigating. You can see that I am completely devastated. My three kids killed same time by yet to be identified assailants.”
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered a full investigation.
“The bodies have been recovered, and the CP has transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka for thorough investigation.”
