She said the incident happened at a residence where she worked as a housekeeper. Her words: “On May 29, while I was away in church, my boss’ son, Chukwunanu Oforma, an NYSC member, asked Chibuike and his 10-year-old brother, Ifeanyi, to tidy up a room belonging to his father.
While Ifeanyi swept the room, Chibuike laid the bed. Chibuike found a gun near the bed where he was working, and he took it to Ifeanyi, who asked him to return it. It was while he was returning the gun that he mistakenly pulled the trigger, releasing a bullet which struck Oluebube, who was in the next compound, on the chest. He died on the spot.”
She explained that policemen from the New Haven Police Station, who removed the corpse, took her and her children into custody, but while she and her other children were released two days later, Chibuike was held. .
Nwakaego alleged that the police said until they see her boss, Edwin, who was the owner of the gun, Chibuike would not be released, and Chukwunanu and his father, Edwin, had yet to be seen since the incident happened. She added that the police asked her and the father of the deceased to contribute the sum of N60,000 for autopsy before Oluebube’s corpse would be released for burial. .
Meanwhile, in a petition to the IG of Police, a human rights lawyer, Olu Omotayo, has demanded Chibuike’s release. Omotayo, who works with the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, said under the law, a 7-year-old was not capable of committing a crime. Cc: Punchng
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