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By Ini Friday, Uyo.
Innocent Uko,father of 26-year-old Boniface Uko, has butchered and burned his son to death for harvesting cassava from his farm.
Citizen Diary learnt that the father of the deceased, an indigene of Ebe Ikpe village in the Essien Udim Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State,South South Nigeria,who was aggrieved that his son harvested his cassava without permission, machete him to death.
The Police Public Relations Officer, for the Police Command in the state,SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident in a chat with the correspondent of the Citizen in Uyo.
He said information available to him indicates that after killing his son, the suspect burnt the corpse and dumped the carcass in an abandoned pit toilet in his compound to conceal the act.
“When arrested and confronted on the incident, Boniface, 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, 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 26years.
“He was said to have 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, and the deceased burnt corpse was deposited at the morgue.
“The suspect was arrested and has confessed to killing the deceased, his son on the grounds of bad character, incessant harassment and embarrassment,” Macdon said.
In another development,the Police said that their Operatives at Uruan Division, on intelligence report, arrested one Charley Edem John for stealing two seven-year-old children.
It was gathered that John used his 10-year-old junior brother to lure his victims,who are in the same school with his brother, out of their classes to enable steal them.
“The said suspect uses his own kid brother, who is 10 years old from 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 added.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
Source: Citizen Diary.
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