The police in Akwa Ibom state have arrested two brothers, Akaninyene and Ime Enyeokpon, for conspiring to murder one of their brothers, Friday Enyeokpon, over witchcraft allegation.
The brothers believed that their deceased brother was a wizard and used his powers to stop them from making progress in life.
Parading the suspects before newsmen, the state commissioner of Police, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, said the deceased had gone to check the traps he set in the bush when he was accosted by his brothers and killed. After beheading him, they buried his head in the sand and abandoned his lifeless body in the bush.
''The deceased, one Friday Enyeokpon of Ikot Abasi Asutan village in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, left his house for the bush to check his traps. While still in the bush, the suspects, Akaninyene Enyeokpon and Ime Enyeokpon emerged from their hideouts, killed, beheaded and buried the deceased's head. They abandoned the lifeless body in the bush. During interrogations, they confessed to the crime, noting that the deceased bewitched them and caused their misfortunes. The deceased's head was exhumed and deposited in the mortuary and two machetes used by the suspects in the murder were recovered." he said
They are currently in police custody and will soon be arraigned in court.
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