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18 Year-Old Allegedly Kills His Mum, As Pastor Kills Church Member

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An 18-year-old Akwa-Ibom state indigene, one Endurance Ak­pan has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother. Akpan, who hails from Idio Nung Iba village, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state, is said to be the last child of the family of eight children.

The state Police Public Re­lations Officer (PPRO),, Ms. Cordelia Nwawe who spoke to news men today in the state capital as she paraded three suspects, said that Akpan had tricked his mother out of her room into his room with a promise of surprising her with a gift from Port Harcourt and that instead of presenting a gift to the woman, he allegedly strangulated her to death.

Akpan was said to have killed his mother, Mrs. Lovina Akpan, after he arrived the village from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he used to live with his father.

The PPRO said that after killing his mother, Akpan pulled her out of the room and took her close to a pit toilet within the compound and dumped her there in the morning of November 25. Thereafter, he left for Port Harcourt, where he was arrested.

On why he killed his mother, Akpan confessed: “I killed her because she tried to poison me so I would not understand myself any more.”

The Police spokeswoman hinted that another suspect, one Anietie Obong who was said to have killed his 16-year-old housemaid on allegation of witchcraft are presently in the cell at the state command headquarters, Uyo..

Nwawe  also paraded one Pastor Gideon Idio for allegedly killing his fe­male church member.

Pastor Gideon Idio, is of God’s Power City, from Nkwa in Ibiono Local Government Area, and is resid­ing at 14 Fine Face Street, Off Enen Afaha Street, Uyo. He was said to have called the deceased, his church member, one Joanna Okon, to come over to his office.

On arrival, both of them engaged in a scuffle, the cause of which still remained unknown to the police. However, the PPRO said the issue de­generated to a point that the suspect attacked the deceased and she collapsed and died in­ his office.

“The so-called pastor locked the deceased in­side his office and used the de­ceased’s phone to call her close relation claiming to be a tricy­cle operator who picked up the girl from Udotung Ubo Street enroute Itam and she slumped inside the tricycle and that he was taking her to an undisclosed hospital.

“As if that was not enough, the suspect later informed the relations of the girl that he saw her corpse at IBB Road, Uyo and removed the corpse to his office, after which the suspect and relations of the deceased conveyed the corpse to a mor­tuary at Ibiono Ibom.”

The third murder suspect, Anietie Obong, was said to have taken custody of the deceased, Happiness Isaiah, with a promise of spon­soring her secondary educa­tion, but early this month, the suspect’s wife lost her three months pregnancy and the suspect was unhappy about the incident. He blamed Happiness for his wife’s ordeal, accusing her of witchcraft.

Nwawe saidd that when the deceased had served din­ner to the suspect and his wife, Obong summoned the deceased to his sitting room, poured hot wa­ter on the deceased’s thoracic cavity and the back.

“These in­juries led to the death of the 16-year-old-victim,” the PPRO stated.

The PPRO said that the trio would be charged to court soon.  [myad]

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