Photo: Two men arrested with corpse of 3-year-old girl in Aba

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.