Octogenarian Dies After Falling Off 3rd Floor In Anambra

Eighty-five-year-old Ilione Victoria Tuesday evening died after allegedly jumping from the third floor of a four-storey-building located at Awada in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The Anambra State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said the deceased was staying with her daughter at No. 18, Ilodibe Street, Awada, before her death.

According to him, “The octogenarian victim reported to be having some mental challenges had her movement restricted, and was at home with her caregiver, one Judith Amumuche, 32, at the time of the alleged incident.

“ However, before the arrival of the police to the scene, one Ikediaso Benedicta, of 3-3 Housing Estate, Onitsha, who is said to be the victim’s daughter, reportedly took the corpse away to an unknown destination but blood stains were observed at the scene. The caregiver and other witnesses at the scene are helping police investigations to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

He added that the commissioner of police in the state, CP John B. Abang, enjoined the public, especially those taking care of the aged, to be extra-careful when handling such persons in order to avert similar ugly incidents.