Bodies of two kidnapped schoolboys found in Ebonyi river

Two pupils, Tochukwu Ene and Chukwuemeka
Ugwu, who were Junior Secondary School JSS
III students of the Federal Government College,
Okposi, in Ohaozara council Area of Ebonyi State
were kidnapped on Thursday, May 12th, 2016 on
the day they finished their Junior NECO exams.
The boys were kidnapped as they left their
school by unknown people who never asked for
any ransom for their release.
Unfortunately, ten days after they went missing,
their decomposing bodies to be found in a local
river in the area.
A family source of one of the deceased who
interviewed with the Nation in Enugu on Tuesday
said the bodies of the boys were found floating
in a local river on Sunday, May 22nd, 2016. The
source also added that no ransom was sought
by the kidnappers from the boys' parents. The
boys parents Barrister and Mrs Bato Ene and
Mrs. Bonny Ugwu, aka Bonjoe, were never
contacted to pay any ransom or anything by the
kidnappers who murdered their children.
The police in Ebonyi, have since made some
arrests, in regards to the death of these young
boys. Some of the people arrested were some
members of staff of FGC, Okposi and the
traditional ruler of the community who
is currently being interrogated at the Police
Command headquarters, Abakaliki.
The remains of the students were laid to rest
Tuesday at their respective hometowns following
autopsy carried out by police pathologists to
determine the possible causes of their deaths.


gathered from @theNation