A yet-to-be-identified man, who hails from Ogoja in Cross River State on Tuesday at Alesa, near Port Harcourt, in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, killed his four children after chasing his wife away, set his house ablaze and hanged himself.
The fleeing wife raised the alarm that her husband wanted to kill her and their children, but before neighbours could move to the two-room apartment, the deed had already been done.
The four sleeping children were strangled to death, giving them no chance of escaping to safety.
Rivers police Spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the sad incident through the telephone.
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