INFORMATION ENUGU

– Chibuike Miracle Oramalu, a seven-year-old, had mistakenly pressed the trigger of the double-barrel gun and the bullet pierced through the window – The police say they are keeping Chibuike to avoid any harm coming to him from the aggrieved family of the deceased – The police further said it is still searching for the owner of the building and gun who is currently on the run Details have emerged on how seven-year-old Chibuike Miracle Oramalu killed a 12-year-old boy with a double-barrel gun in Enugu state.




Chibuike held in protective custody by the police The police however said it was a mistake and that the boy is being kept in protective custody to prevent attacks against him by angry neighbours. A Nigerian lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, had recently accused the police of detaining Chibuike, a primary two pupil of Carmelite Nursery and Primary School, Enugu.
The incident is coming after a similar incident in which a seven-year-old son of a lawyer allegedly murdered their female house-help while playing father’s gun in Aba, Abia state. He further alleged that the police was claiming that he would remain with them until they find the owner of the house who, incidentally, owns the gun.
But the police, in a statement, said this was not true. The statement reads: The attention of the Enugu state command of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to various publications in some sections of the media regarding the alleged detention of a seven-year-old boy over a murder case under investigations at the command and hereby wish to present the fact as follows for the guidance of the members of the public and to avoid further being misinformed.
On 29th May, 2016 at about 1110hrs, one Ifeanyichukwu of Number 4 owerri Jikala Street, Independence Layout, Enugu reported at New Haven police station, Enugu that at about 1030hrs, one Oluebube John aged about 12 years who was playing with other children was shot by one Chibuike Oramalu aged seven years through the window of the house of one Edwin Oforma of Number 57 Lobito Crescent, Independence Layout, Enugu.  That enquiry conducted revealed urgently that Chibuike Oramalu is living with the mother, one Nwakaego Oramalu, in the house of the alleged owner of the English-made double barrel gun which was already loaded with cartridge cocked and kept in the room of the said owner of the house That it was discovered that both the son of the owner of the gun and house, one chukwuma Anu Oforma, had allegedly asked Chibuike Oramalu and his brother, one Ifeanyi Oramalu, to clean the fathers room for him. That while the duo of Ifeanyi and Chibuike were allegedly cleaning the room, Chibuike stormed into the already cocked double-barrel gun where he also touched the trigger of the said double barrel gun and it allegedly fired and pierced through the window of the house to a nearby compound and allegedly hit one Oluebube John of about 12 years old.  That this development angered members and families of the deceased who were on the move to unleash vengeance on Chibuike Oramalu and cause destruction on the house of the said owner of the double-barrel gun. That the state command of the Nigeria Police Force, in its bid to save the life of little Chibuike Oramalu as well as forestall breakdown of law and order, moved Chibuike away from the scene to the police headquarters on the ground of protective custody while security was intensified within and around the scene. It is however pertinent to point out that the state command is not unaware of the existence of rule of law, human rights as well as the child’s rights act as to have exposed the seven-year old Chibuike Oramalu to danger as published in some sections of the media.