Man gulps acid after stabbing his four children, sister-in-law to death
An Imo businessman identified as Stephen Edwin Nnadiogu went on a killing spree on Saturday, stabbing his four children to death.
Nnadiogu also murdered his maid at their 19, Ntueke Street, Awada, Obosi, near Onitsha, Anambra state residence, before proceeding to gulp acid.
He also died.
Reports say Nnadiogu used a knife to stab the children, aged between 4 and 12. He claimed the children were not his.
Abuchi James, the chairman of the tenants inhabiting the four-storey apartment where the deceased lived, said a relative of Nnadiogu’s wife had raised the alarm.
“When we forced the door open, we were confronted by the gory sight of the dead bodies with blood splashed everywhere and we had to call the police immediately. The man, who committed the act, was also lying down in a corner of the room in a semi-conscious state.”
It was gathered that the man’s 32-year-old wife, Chika, a nurse, was not at home when the incident happened.
Chika was reportedly in the habit of telling her husband that the children were not his whenever they had disagreements.
A witness said, “Whenever the couple had issues, the woman would say that he was not the biological father of their kids.
“She said that she engaged in extra marital affairs because her husband was impotent. The man would in turn call her a prostitute and a randy woman who could not be satisfied by one man.”
Nnadiogu was said to have suffered from mental sickness and was discharged from a psychiatric hospital in Arochukwu, Abia State, two months ago.
Police PPRO in the state, Nkeiruka Nwode, confirmed that the corpses have been deposited at the morgue.
