Mohammed Shosanya
Mr Innocent Uko, an indigene of Ebe Ikpe village in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State,has killed his 26 year-old son,Boniface Innocent over missing cassava
He justified his decision to kill his son on the ground that the deceased harvested his cassava without permission.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon,told newsmen in Uyo on Tuesday,that after killing his son,the man burnt the corpse and dumped the carcass in an abandoned pit toilet in his compound to conceal the act.
When confronted by the police,the father of the deceased who confessed to the crime said he committed the act due to his late son’s bad character and incessant harassment and embarrassment.
“One Chief Akpan Aniekan, the village head of Ebe Ikpe village in company of one Sylvester Akpan ‘m’, the village council chairman reported that one Innocent Uko ‘m’ of Ebe Ikpe village in Essien Udim Local Government Area, used machete and killed his son Boniface Innocent Uko, aged 26yrs, burnt the corpse and dumped the carcass of the deceased in an abandoned pit toilet in his compound to conceal the act.
“On the strength of the report, Police
Operatives of Essien Udim Divisional Headquarters visited the scene, the deceased burnt corpse deposited at the morgue. The suspect was arrested and has confessed killing the deceased, his son on the grounds of bad character and incessant harassment and embarrassment,” Macdon stated.
The Police also revealed that Operatives of Uruan Division, on intelligence report, arrested one Charley Edem John for stealing two seven year-old children.
John was said to have used his 10 year-old junior brother to lure his victims, who are in the same school with his brother out of their classes so he could steal them.
“The said suspect uses his own kid brother who is 10 years old of the same School to call and lure the children out of their class for him to steal. The two boys have been rescued and reunited with their parents”. The PPRO said.
