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A 26-year-old man, Boniface Uko has been allegedly killed by his father, Innocent for harvesting on his farm.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command disclosed that the suspect was apprehended after the incident was reported by the head, Ebe Ikpe village in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, Chief Akpan Aniekan, and the council chairman, Sylvester Akpan.
Speaking to Journalists The on Tuesday, state Police Spokesperson, SP Odiko Macdon, said the suspect burnt and dumped his corpse in an abandoned pit toilet in his compound to conceal the act.
According to him, innocent upon arrest confessed to killing his son with a machete.
He said, “One Chief Akpan Aniekan, the village head of Ebe Ikpe village in the company of one Sylvester Akpan, the village council chairman reported that one Innocent Uko of Ebe Ikpe village in Essein Udim Local Government Area, used a machete and killed his son, Boniface, aged 26 years, 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 in Essien Udim Divisional Headquarters visited the scene. The deceased’s burnt corpse has been deposited at the morgue. The suspect was arrested and has confessed to killing the deceased, his son on the grounds of bad character and incessant harassment and embarrassment.”
