Alleged Murder of 11 Yr House Boy: Man Cools Off in Detention

One Mr Anthony Onyeukwu has been detained for allegedly killing an 11 year House Boy under his care.
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Enugu East Magisterial District has remanded one Mr. Anthony Onyeukwu, over the death of an 11-year old houseboy, Goodluck John.
Having warned against any sort  of child abuse in the state, the Enugu State Government, stated that its action was in line with its sustained war against all forms of child abuse.
According to the Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Enugu Mrs. Ngozi Enih, Mr. Onyeukwu, aged 47, was arrested following a tip-off from one of the Ministry’s whistle-blower channels that Master Goodluck John’s death was linked to abuse in the hands of the family where he lived with as a houseboy.
 Mr. Onyeukwu  who according to reports, quickly conveyed and had the remains of the 11-year old boy buried in his hometown Abia State without reporting his death to the appropriate authorities have claimed that the boy had died from an ailment at the Park Lane Hospital, Enugu, there was no record to show that the boy was admitted in the hospital or that his corpse was deposited in the hospital’s morgue.
Arraigning the suspect last week, the Police Prosecutor- Inspr Calista Ifeanyi, told the presiding Chief Administrative Magistrate, Ngozi Edeh Anih
that Mr. Onyeukwu had committed an offence punishable under the Criminal Code (Revised) Laws of Enugu State
The Chief Magistrate subsequently ordered the suspect’s remand in the Correctional Centre, Enugu and, adjourned the matter to 20th November, 2024 when the report from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice, Enugu, is expected.

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