Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has described as “untrue and misleading” the story of a woman who allegedly dumped her three children in Ogui Police Station and ran naked into a moving vehicle.
In a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the police came out with clarification on the situation and urged the public ro disregard the publications.
The statement reads in part: “The Enugu State Police Command has received news publications that allege a woman suffering from depression over hardship dumped her children in the Ogui Police Station of the Command on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
“The publications further claimed that she committed suicide by running into a moving vehicle in front of the Station.
“However, these reports are untrue and misleading.”
According to the Police: “On March 2, at about 8:30 a.m., the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) of Central Police Station (CPS) and Ogui Police Division received distress calls alleging that a woman abandoned her three children in front of God Is Good Terminal along Ogui Road by Osisatech Roundabout, Enugu.
“The callers further alleged that the woman stripped herself naked due to a mental disorder before running off to an unknown destination. The DPOs and their teams immediately moved to the scene, where they found and took the children to Ogui Police Station and commenced investigations to locate their mother.”
The command further said that during its investigations, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, wife of the Executive Governor of Enugu State, visited the Police Station, offering scholarships for welfare support for all the three children (names withheld), aged six, three and two years, respectively.
“Additionally, the woman’s husband reported to the Police Station and stated that his yet-to-be seen wife recently started displaying strange behaviours, which suggested signs of mental health issues.
“He further stated that he returned from work in the morning hours of the said day of the incident, and met the absence of his wife and the children at their home in the Ugwuaji area of Enugu South Local Government Area,” the command said.
The Police added that contrary to the untrue and misleading viral publications, there was no such incident of the said woman dumping the children and committing suicide through a fatal motor accident in front of Ogui Police Station.
“Moreover, there was no fatal motor-pedestrian accident recorded in front of the Police Station or along the entire stretch of Ogui Road, Enugu, on March 2, 2024,” Ndukwe stated.
He said that while investigative actions were on course to trace the whereabouts and ascertain the condition of the woman, “the public has been enjoined to disregard the untrue and misleading publications.”
The command advised the publishers of such stories to always investigate and get their facts right before rushing to the press with such information that is capable of misinforming and misleading the public.
