Thirty-two-year-old
mother of five, Mrs Chinwe Ozoemena and her six-year-old son are now writhing
in pains at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi,
Anambra State as their neighbour at Nkwo Nnewi market allegedly bathed them
with acid. The incident happened last Saturday.
According
to a family source, the woman and her little boy had closed business for the
day on that fateful evening and were about leaving the market. But unknown to
them, their attacker was lurking around the shops, waiting for them with
undiluted acid.
Daily
Sun was told that as soon as the suspect who was allegedly not in good terms
with the Ozoemenas sighted the victims, he advanced towards them “which made
the victims’ (mother) who was using her cell phone torchlight, (as it was
getting dark) to shout, calling Sunday, Sunday (suspect) what is it again.”
The
source said it was at that moment that the suspect poured the deadly liquid on
the victims and disappeared. Daily Sun gathered that as the mother and son
cried out in pains, sympathizers rushed to the scene and applied first aid,
using water and oil to douse the devastating effect before they were rushed to
NAUTH.
When
Daily Sun visited the victims at the Accident and Emergency Unit, NAUTH it was
observed that the woman had a higher degree of burn than the son as her face
and chest were targeted, while her son was affected in the back and part of his
head.
Speaking
to Daily Sun, the woman’s husband, Mr Bright Ozoemena, a building contractor
and a native of Mmiata Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area, said when he
got the news of what happened to his family, he rushed to the hospital and was
briefed by his wife and later ran to Nnewi Central Police Station which led to
the arrest of the suspect, a native of Abakiliki in Ebonyi State, according to
Mr Ozoemena.
The
matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), Awka for further investigation. Contacted, the Anambra State Police
Command image maker, Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka said he was yet to get details of the
incident.
Source: Sun
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