INEC STAFF, 3 OTHERS FOUND DEAD IN A ROOM IN ANAMBRA

Four female dead bodies were discovered in a room in the Ifite area of Awka, the Anambra State capital.

The Anambra State police command discovered the bodies in a room occupied by a couple on Olisa Onyeka Crescent near the Commissioners’ quarters in Awka GRA.

One of the victims identified is a Grade Level 14 officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chinwe Obi, who hailed from Uruagu, Nnewi.

Until her death, she was the electoral officer for Onitsha South Local Government Area.

The husband of Obi, who returned to Nigeria from Cotonou, Benin Republic, reportedly died about a week ago in the same room and the body is still in the mortuary.

The state Commissioner of Police, Hosea Karma said that he went with his men to the scene and discovered the bodies after neighbours tried Obi’s telephone line severally without any response.
Karma said the decomposing bodies of the women had been taken to the hospital for autopsy.

“A report came to us that a woman was being called on phone without anybody picking it for two days and we had to mobilize to her residence. On getting there, we had to force the window open and saw the bodies lying on the floor. The bodies found in that room were without bruises which was an indication that there was no attack from anyone,” he said.

Karma said that the other three women, who are yet to be identified were suspected to be her church members who came to sympathize with her over the death of her husband.

He added that the police discovered a generating set and a remnant pot of soup, adding that the soup as well as their bodies had been taken to mortuary for examination.