A 31-year-old woman, Dan Glory has been
arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly killing her
75-year-old father, Mr. Bassey Udo. Glory apparently killed her father after she
accused him of witchcraft, adding that he was responsible for the death of her
children and two husbands.
She reportedly broke into her father’s room;
hit him on the head with an object that caused his death. Residents were said
to have reported the murder case to the village head of Mbiakpan Atan, Chief
Linus Okon, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state where the
incident happened.
The chief, however, called in the police who
arrested the suspect.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Cordelia Nwawe, said on Tuesday that the
crime was initially reported at ‘D’ Division Itam on May 10 and was
subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,
Uyo on May 16 for further investigation.
According to the PPRO, while being killed, the
deceased was heard pleading for mercy.
He said, “‘Don’t kill me’ repeatedly but
before neighbours got to the scene, he had kicked the bucket.
“The suspect was arrested. 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,” the PPRO stated.
Nwawe quoted Glory as saying, “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, that my
father killed them in his witchcraft coven.”
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