Suspected cultists allegedly murder youth Leader, escape with his head: CP reacts
Suspected cultists allegedly murder youth Leader, escape with his head: CP reacts
Armed youths suspected to be cultists has allegedly beheaded the youth president of Inen clan Hezekiah John Adaiden, in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
It was gathered, this development occurred around 1 am when a group of suspected cultists, known by the deceased, visited him and were entertained with drinks before another group descended on him while they were still drinking.
An eyewitness who narrated the incident said: “Till now, we can not understand what happened. The cultists arrived at the compound at a very odd hour in the night and since they are known by the youth president, he offered them drinks.
“While they were drinking at about 1 am, another group, well-armed, arrived and were very violent as they dragged the victim to a corner and killed him.
”The most annoying thing is that they beheaded him and escaped with the head after they had tortured his wife and poured the soup which the wife cooked on her head as they beat her mercilessly.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, in a reaction, described the incident as barbaric adding that the perpetrators cannot escape unpunished.
Macdon said the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, has ordered the Criminal and Investigation Department ( CID) to commence investigations into the matter.
“There is an ongoing manhunt in the area to arrest perpetrators of such crime. However, normalcy has been restored in the area. There is peace in the area now. A special squad has been drafted to the area to fish out the criminals. I can assure you that the suspects would be arrested and brought to book,” he said.
