The Enugu State Police Command has refuted allegations that a mother abandoned her children due to hardship at Ogui Police Station, Enugu.
The command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, provided the clarification in a statement issued Friday in Enugu.
According to him, the Police Command received publications alleging that a mother suffering from depression as a result of difficulty dumped her children at the command's Ogui Police Station on March 2nd.
He stated that the newspapers also claimed she committed suicide by dashing into a moving vehicle in front of the police station.
“However, these reports are untrue and misleading. Hence, the command clarifies and presents an accurate account of the incident.
“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,” he said.
According to a police spokesman, during the investigations, Nkechinyere Mbah, the governor's wife, visited the police station and offered scholarships and welfare support to all three children (names withheld), aged six, three, and two.
He claimed they were then handed over to the Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Development by Ngozi Enih, the ministry's commissioner.
He also mentioned that the woman's husband went to the police station and stated that his yet-to-be-seen wife had recently begun exhibiting peculiar habits, which implied mental health difficulties.
Ndukwe added that the husband returned from work in the morning hours on the day of the occurrence but did not see his wife or children at home in the Ugwuaji area of Enugu South Local Government Area.
“It is, therefore, expedient to categorically state that contrary to the untrue and misleading viral publications, there was no such incident of the 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.
“Consequently, while investigative actions are on course to trace the whereabouts and ascertain the condition of the woman, the public has been enjoined to disregard the untrue and misleading information.
“Furthermore, the publishers are advised to always investigate and get their facts right before rushing to the press with such information.”
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