Enugu.
The Amutenyi village, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State was Sunday morning struck by the tragedy as lifeless bodies of five family members in an apartment in the Obollo-Afor community of the village died mysteriously.
Our Correspondent gathered that one Mrs. Chinyere Odoh, her two children: Udochukwu Odoh, aged 7 and Chukwuemeka Odoh aged 4, including her two sisters: Martina Ezeme and Ngozi Ezeme went to bed on Saturday night but died in their apartment before Sunday morning.
Daniel Ndukwe, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Police Public Relations Officer, Police Command in the state who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday,said preliminary investigation revealed that the death of the victims was not natural.
He added that the lifeless bodies of the deceased were found in two separate rooms they slept in when Police Operatives from Udenu Police Division of the Command were alerted and swiftly moved to the area.
The PPRO further said that the lifeless bodies of the victims were immediately moved to the hospital and confirmed dead by doctors on duty, and their corpses were deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
