Chibuike’s Mother
Family members are saying that their 7-year-old son has been in police custody since May 30 2016 over alleged murder.
The Enugu police command took Chibuike, his siblings, and their mother, Nwakaego into custody after Chibuike allegedly shot a 12-year-old boy, Oluebube Boniface, on May 29, 2016.
Nwakaego, who works as a housekeeper for one Edwin Oforma at his residence in the Independence Layout area of Enugu, said that the tragic incident took place when she was in church.
On May 29, while I was away at the Adoration Ministry at Emene in Enugu, for the Sunday church service, my boss’ son, Chukwunanu Oforma, a National Youth Service Corps member, asked my son, Chibuike, and Chibuike’s 10-year-old brother, Ifeanyichukwu, to tidy up a room belonging to his father.
While Ifeanyichukwu swept the room,
Chibuike laid the bed. Chibuike found a gun near the bed where he was
working, and he took it to Ifeanyichukwu, 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.