The Police in Asaba, Delta State have arrested one Pastor Eniku Aghogho Tayo after the decomposing bodies of two children were found inside his car.
It was gathered that the children, Fega and Kelvin Izakpa aged seven and 10 respectively, who had earlier been declared missing by their mother, Odiri Izakpa, were discovered at the back seat of an abandoned green Rover saloon car on 12 March 2021.
The corpses were discovered after the stench from the vehicle forced residents and passers-by to investigate, Daily Independent reports.
Odiri, a hairdresser in Abraka main market, was said to be at her shop when news got to her that her missing children had been found lifeless and their corpses decomposing in a parked vehicle on Okpoghoro Street, Abraka, Ethiope East local government area.
According to her, she last saw the children on Monday, 8th March 2021.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright, who confirmed the incident, said Pastor Tayo has been detained pending investigations.
He said, “On 12th March 2021, information got to Abraka Police station, that two decomposing corpses of children were sighted in a Honda Rover car with reg no AG 815 BKW parked at the pathway of the house of one Eniku Aghogho Tayo, 35 years, but resides in Warri, he happens to be the owner of the said vehicle.
“The Divisional Police Officer, CSP Aliyu Shaba led police operatives to the scene immediately evacuated the corpse.
“Investigation revealed that the corpse as Kelvin Izakpa, 10 years and Fega Izakpa, 7 years, both children of late Meshach Izakpa, were staying with their mother before their disappearance.
“The decomposing Corpse have been handed to the family for burial while the suspect Eniku Aghogho Tayo has been arrested, and the said vehicle impounded”, adding that investigation is ongoing.
