[PHOTOS] Horror In Anambra As Police Rescue 3 Kids From 80-yr-old Female Tormentor

'Dotun Akintomide
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By DotunĀ  Akintomide

It was a gory sight on Friday as officers of Anambra Police Command arrested 80-year-old Chidi Nwafor for subjecting three minors to physical and emotional torture.

She was arrested alongside 39-year-old Miss Rejoice Raymond.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka.

Mohammed said the suspects were arrested at 13 Akunwanta Mbamalu Str., Federal Housing Estates 3-3 Area, near Onitsha.

The 80-year-old tormentor

The police spokesman said the suspects allegedly confined the three children (two boys and a girl) inside different rooms and subjected them to torture without feeding.

According to him, the suspects inflicted several wounds on their body and left them unconscious.

ā€œOn Feb. 19, at about 5:50pm, following intelligence report, police operatives attached to 3-3 Police Station Nkwelle Ezunaka arrested two suspects and rescued three minors.

ā€œScene was visited by the DPO 3-3, CSP Abdu Bawa, where a gory sights of badly battered victims, one with a broken arm were found in the pool of their blood and whose parents were neither seen nor known.

ā€œMeanwhile, the children were rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention,ā€ he stated.

Mohammed said preliminary investigation further revealed some fetish substances, blood stained canes, concoctions and other incriminating items were all recovered inside the rooms.

The suspect’s deadly wares

While noting that the items have been registered as exhibits, Mohammed said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Kuryas had ordered for a discreet investigation into the case.

He added that the suspects would be brought to justice after completion of investigation.

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