The mother of a seven-year-old Chibuike who accidentally killed a 12-year-old boy has cried for help. Chibuike Oramalu, a primary two pupil, has been detained by the Enugu State Police Command for alleged murder. The boy killed 12-year-old Oluebube Boniface, on May 29, 2016. The suspect’s mother, Mrs. Nwakaego Oramalu, has lamented saying that Chibuike has been in detention since May 30. Nwakaego, a single mother of five children, said the incident that led to her son’s arrest and detention happened at a residence in the Independence Layout area of Enugu, where she worked as a housekeeper. She explained that the owner of the property, Mr. Edwin Oforma, gave her an accommodation in the house, adding that she lived there with her children. She said, “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.” Nwakaego said Chukwunanu and his father, Edwin, had yet to be seen since the incident happened. The woman and her other children were released two days later, Chibuike, who was regarded as the principal suspect, was held. Nwakaego alleged that the police said until they see her boss, Edwin, who was the owner of the gun, Chibuike would not be released. She added that the police asked her and the father of the deceased to contribute the sum of N60,000 for autopsy before Oluebube’s corpse would be released for burial. But a human rights lawyer, Mr. Olu Omotayo, has demanded Chibuike’s release in a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, he said under the law, a seven-year-old was not capable of committing a crime. Omotayo, who works with the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, in a petition, dated July 10, 2016 also asked the Police Service Commission, the National Human Rights Commission and the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State to intervene in the matter. In the petition, Omotayo described Chibuike’s detention as “a brutal attack on the rights of the child in Nigeria” and “a very dangerous dimension to rights violations by the Nigeria police.” It added, “Nowhere in the world will a seven-year-old boy be detained in police cell for over a month alongside hardened adult criminals.”The lawyer demanded appropriate punishment for police officers involved in Chibuike’s incarceration.However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said the boy was no longer in detention. “He is not in detention,” Amaraizu said on the telephone on Sunday. But the victim’s family, when contacted by our correspondent, insisted that he was still in police custody.
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Posted: at 11-07-2016 11:51 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Hmmmm well he's a minor we understand not to be detain in a police cell...but my question is , is this how it really happened ? But he still need to be punish sha...
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Posted: at 11-07-2016 11:59 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Powerfulify at 11-07-2016 01:12 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Police just wanted to collect money from them, somebody that was shot n it's clear to everybody that was shot, then why is the police demanding money for autopsy? It's when u don't know your wright, that they will messing up with you . So don't give them a dime. Let them look for the owner of that gun n pin him down but pls release the small boy, before they spoil him in that jail .
Posted: at 11-07-2016 01:12 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Troublemenot at 11-07-2016 04:34 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Quote from: HOPEA23 on 11-07-2016 11:59 AM
Hmmmm well he's a minor we understand not to be detain in a police cell...but my question is , is this how it really happened ? But he still need to be punish sha...
We do understand the nature of his crime But the question is how do you punish a 7 years old kid somebody who dont know the difference between a real gun and a toy gun What ever you do to him at that age is useless cause he will never understand
Posted: at 11-07-2016 04:34 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
christianity at 11-07-2016 04:45 PM (8 years ago) (m)
so sad to hear,but i still find it so ridiculous dat a 7 yrs old kid is in detention for killing anoda, knowing fully well dat he is a kid and may not even know dat what he had at hand is called gun.its time for those so called police in the zoo,and the so called law makers get updated to know what the zoo constitution said in a matter like dis.dats if the zoo even made any law regarding cases dat concerns the minors.
Posted: at 11-07-2016 04:45 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Wats happening in dis country o. How can they detain a 7yrs old boy for accidental discharge dat was not even his fault. If d owner of d house kept his toy well I doubt if such would have happen. And why is d owner of d house and dat his son who sent d children not gone to d police to release d boy. Na wa o
Posted: at 11-07-2016 05:28 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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