Monday, March 18, 2024 –The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Nkereuwem Umoren Ekpo, who macheted his 90-year-old grandmother to death and absconded with her N16,750.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed
Ayilara, disclosed this when he paraded the suspect alongside 51 others
arrested for various crimes in the state on Friday.
“On February 25, 2024, at about 1400Hrs,
one Nkereuwen Umoren Ekpo ‘M’ of Adiasim Ikot Udo village in Essien Udim Local
Government Area, was arrested for the murder of his grandmother, one Martina
Udoudo Akpan ‘F’ of Onuk Nkpo Ekpo village, aged about 90 years,” the CP
stated.
“The suspect was alleged to have used a
machete to cut his grandmother's neck while they were cutting cassava stem in
the farm, which eventually led to her death, and untied the sum of N16, 750
from the deceased's wrapper and absconded.”
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