Akwa Ibom: Police Arrests Four Suspects For Beheading A Woman

The Akwa-Ibom State Police Command has arrested four suspects over their alleged involvement in the murder of an octogenarian, Cecilia Akpan, in the Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

A source while speaking on the arrest by the police said, “As we speak, four suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the woman.”

According to a report, the deceased who is from the Oku-Abak community was beheaded on Saturday on her farm when she went to harvest cassava.

It was gathered that the principal suspect in the case was apprehended after he allegedly dumped the head of the deceased in the house once rented by the deceased’s son.

The spokesperson of the command, N’nudam Fredrick, who confirmed the arrest of some suspects, noted that the command had commenced an investigation into the matter.

Fredrick noted that the command would do everything possible to get to the root of the matter.

The command spokesperson said, “Investigation is still ongoing. The police have arrested some suspects in connection with the crime and I cannot specifically tell you the number of people in custody because the investigation is still ongoing.”

The last son of the deceased, Samuel Akpan Isong, who spoke with Punch in Oku-Abak, expressed shock over the gruesome murder of his mother.