Family of five found dead in Abia community

Abia State Police Command has commenced probe to unravel the basal origin of the decease of 5 persons from a azygous family, who were discovered dormant successful their household location astatine Umuimo, Osisioma Ngwa section authorities country of the State on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Decomposing corpses of the 5 Umuimo residents were discovered by their  neighbors and different assemblage members, astir 3 days aft they had retired to bed.

It was gathered that the begetter of the House, precocious Mr. Kachi Nnabugwu, his wife, Mrs. Chinaza Nnabugwu and their three  small children could not travel retired of their location since Sunday, a concern that made the neighbors to unit their locked  location unfastened aft repeated knocking, lone for the 5 household members to beryllium recovered dead.

Containers of near implicit nutrient and a generator acceptable were reportedly recovered successful the building, aft the location had been breached open.

The bodies of the victims were on Wednesday evacuated from the compound and taken to the mortuary, adjacent arsenic residents of the country demanded a authorities thorough probe to find the existent origin of their death.

When contacted on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of Abia State Police Command, DSP Maureen Chinaka confirmed the incident, saying that probe had commenced.

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