Family of the 15-year-old boy, Ekene Dike, whose corpse was found at Mgbudaiya River in Obio Akpor, on Thursday 10 July,2023 have cried out to the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State over the death of their child.
Father of the deceased, Mr.Bartholomew Dike, dismissed comments credited to the police that the family was not interested in the investigation of the sad incident.
In an interview with Journalists, Mr Dike said three suspects , Udoh, Elijah and Chima, had taken his son to the Mgbudaiya River where his dead body was later found on 10th August.
The father of the deceased, said his son was a friend of Udoh, one of neighbour’s child, who had allegedly threatened to kill him because he reported him to the landlord for smoking marijuana in the compound, at Mile 2 Diobu Port Harcourt.
Mr Dike also revealed that he had to bury his son at the Mgbudaiya community because the natives had refused to allow him remove the corpse from the riverside,saying that their customs demands that the corpse be buried at the River bank since it was seen at the River.
According to Mr Dike , the three suspects are detained at the police station.
Meanwhile,Spokesperson Rivers State Police Command is yet to speak on the development as of the time of filing this report.
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