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The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Ochieze Chinedu Jude in Aboh, Umulolo in Okigwe Local Government Area, for chaining his three children claiming they were responsible for his bad luck in life.

The command’s spokesman, Orlando Ikeokwu, disclosed this in Owerri on Sunday, adding that the three children have been rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Ikeokwu gave the names of the children as Success, female, 12 years old; Richard, male, 11 years, and Confidence, Female.

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“On the 26/4/2020, based on credible intelligence, operatives of the command stormed Aboh, Umulolo, Okigwe Local Government Area and arrested one Ochieze Chinedu Jude, male, 45 years old.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that he kept his children in chains and locked them up in a shop and goes to hit the kids with a hammer intermittently claiming that they are the architect of his misfortune.

“The children have been rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment. He will be prosecuted accordingly”, the police spokesman said.

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