In an unfortunate chain of events, a father in Owerri, Imo State, has accidentally

The heartbroken man identified as Ibe, a businessman had reportedly handed the toddler to his housemaid while making to drive his Toyota Camry but the child unfortunately stayed behind the vehicle unknown to him.

“The man did not know that the girl was at the back of the car. He had reversed with speed when people around raised the alarm that he had killed the little girl.

“He wondered what he would tell his wife, who had left for a burial the previous day,” an anonymous who spoke to Punch News revealed.

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Neighbours and friends of Ibe, 30, reportedly assisted in submitting the corpse of the toddler to a mortuary.