The
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Glory Dan, 31, over the murder
of her 75-year-old father, Mr. Bassey Udo.
The
murder was said to have been reported to the police by the village head of
Mbiakpan Atan, Chief Linus Okon, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the
state.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, said on Tuesday that the
crime was initially reported at ‘D’ Division Itam on May 10 and was
subsequently transferred to SCID, Uyo on May 16 for investigation.
She
said the complainant alleged that on May 10, at 1940hrs, he was in his house,
when he received a call from one of his subjects that the suspect, one Glory
Dan, female, broke into her father’s room, hit him (father) on the head with an
object that caused his death.
Nwawe
stated that following the report, the complainant and witnesses made their
statements and revealed that the deceased was living alone in his house.
“That
on May 10, at about 1940 hours, the suspect armed with a stick, broke into the
deceased’s room and hit him to death. They concluded that they heard the
deceased screaming in his room; ‘Don’t kill me’.
“The
suspect was arrested, cautioned and charged. She volunteered a statement
confessing to the crime of murder. She stated further that she attacked the
deceased because he was a wizard and also responsible for the death of her five
children and two husbands,” she said.
Glory
said, “My father has been responsible for the death of all my children,
including my two husbands. It was my mother who revealed it to me in a dream
when I washed my face and went to her tombstone and cried to her.”
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