A twenty-six years old Anthony Sunday, a native of Okwerike Village Abaomege in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi state has been arrested and arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force, Ebonyi state command for burying his own five months old daughter alive in a shallow grave at his empty land behind his yam ban.
Anthony who is now cooling off at the Abakaliki federal prison was on the 26th day of may 2019 killed his breast sucking daughter over constant disagreements and fights over infidelity with his wife.
According to Anthony, the only way to get back at his unfaithful wife was to kill their breast suckling daughter miss Roseline.
Narrating the incident, a neighbor who claimed anonymous said that the wife after the day’s quarrel in the morning where she was as usually accused by her husband of keeping late nights, fed and bathed Roseline during which she slept and was left under the custody of her father and other siblings, before she went out.
She further noted that Roseline’s disappearance and death were not noticed by any other person in the vicinity until the mother came back and wanted to breastfeed her but could not find her.
According to her” when Roseline mother came home that day, she entered the house to breastfeed her daughter but could not see her and she raised alarm, so search parties were set up and they sought her to no avail ,one thing led to another and the least expected suspect ( her father) started confessing all that transpired and exhumed dead body of the innocent child Roseline behind his yam ban and attributed the blame to the wife, who according to him always makes him upset”. She said
However, Anthony Sunday has arraigned before an Abakaliki Magistrate court presided over by Magistrate Ruth Okeh in a suit numbered MAB/357c/2019 for a count charge of causing the death of Roseline by burying her alive.
He thereby committed an offence punishable under section 319 (1) of criminal code cap 33 vol 1 laws of Ebonyi state of Nigeria, 2009.
Sequel to the gravity of the offence which is above the jurisdiction of a magistrate court, the trial Magistrate ordered remand of the suspect in Abakaliki federal prison and instructed the police to forward all documents and evidence in the matter to (DPP) Director of public prosecutions for further prosecution.
The matter was adjourned to 29th day of July 2019 for a report of compliance at the High court.
However, efforts to hear from the victim mother was not yield full as she was declined to talk to our reporter at the time of filing this report.