The Anambra State Police Command has said that the principal suspect, a teacher, Mrs Dim Ebere, 47, who allegedly flogged a 12-year-old boy to death at a school in Adazi-Enu, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state, has voluntarily reported to the Neni Police Station in the same LGA.
The police had earlier launched a manhunt for the suspect after the 12-year-old boy reportedly died from injuries allegedly sustained during the flogging.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect turned herself in following sustained manhunt operations by the command’s Safe School Protection Squad.
Ikenga said the operation was carried out in collaboration with officers of the Neni Divisional Police Headquarters and through continuous engagement with stakeholders and community leaders in Adazi-Ani.
According to him, the suspect is currently in police custody and will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Awka, where the ongoing investigation will be concluded. Related News Police nab eight suspected cultists over assault on NDU student in Bayelsa Jigawa digitises informal revenue collection to curb leakages Fubara condoles ex-Rivers governor Amaechi over mother’s death
