
“Sleep no more! Macbeth is murdering sleep.” Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary laborer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing,’ Shakespeare wrote.
The six siblings namely: Chukwuebuka, 17; Chinemerem, 15; Afomachukwu, 13; Chekwubechukwu, 11; Onyekachukwu, 9 and Chukwuziterem, 6 were poisoned to death after they came back from school and ate steamed flour mill and soup kept in the kitchen.
The two parents were separated on religious differences and the children have been living with their father, Apostle Chuks who is a member of the Brotherhood of Cross and stars.
There were allegations and counter-allegations on the cause of the children’s tragic death. Some people accused the father of sacrificing them to the brotherhood for more powers while others accused the estranged first wife who was not at the burial ceremony as they perceived it to be strange.