The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested a man who allegedly killed his own son and burnt his corpse in Ebe Ikpe, a village in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state.

According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, who spoke with journalists on Tuesday, the incident was reported at the Essien Udim Divisional Police Headquarters by the village head of the community, Chief Akpan Aniekan, and the village council chairman, Sylvester Akpan.

SP Macdon told journalists: “They reported that one Innocent Uko of Ebe Ikpe used a machete to kill his son, Boniface Innocent Uko, 26, burnt his corpse, and dumped the remains in an abandoned pit toilet in his compound to conceal the act.

“On the strength of the report, police operatives visited the scene [and recovered] the burnt corpse, now deposited at the mortuary. The suspect was arrested and has confessed to killing the deceased, on the grounds of bad character and incessant harassment and embarrassment.”

The police spokesperson also disclosed that the command had arrested Charley Edem John, who allegedly stole two seven-year-old children.

“The division, acting on an intelligence report, arrested Charley Edem John, who stole two children, each age seven, from their school. The suspect used his own kid brother, who is 10 years old and in the same school, to lure the children out of their class,” Macdon stated.

According to the police spokesperson, the suspects will be charged in court once ongoing investigations are concluded.

Onyiiobi7735:
It's really unfortunate , that a man had to murder his own son.But who knows what he must have been experiencing in the hands of the son, the intensity that pushed him to take that unspeakable step.The boy must have really constituted such an unbearable nuisance to the father, and he continued stomaching all till he reached the breaking point.
Oftentimes the things that are portrayed in Nollywood films play out in real life.
I once watched a Nollywood film titled Troubled where a widow had three children,two sons and a daughter.
The sons were causing the mother so much heartache and grief by their hooligan actions and the daughter too by her prostitution and fights with her brothers.
This continued relentlessly till the mother couldn't take it anymore.
One day while they were fighting and destroying things as usual, the woman quietly went inside, picked her late husband's gun and killed all three of the children.
She handed herself to the police later.
This unfortunate event reminded me of that movie.

Towncrier007:
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Onyiiobi7735:
It's really unfortunate , that a man had to murder his own son.But who knows what he must have been experiencing in the hands of the son, the intensity that pushed him to take that unspeakable step.The boy must have really constituted such an unbearable nuisance to the father, and he continued stomaching all till he reached the breaking point.
Oftentimes the things that are portrayed in Nollywood films play out in real life.
I once watched a Nollywood film titled Troubled where a widow had three children,two sons and a daughter.
The sons were causing the mother so much heartache and grief by their hooligan actions and the daughter too by her prostitution and fights with her brothers.
This continued relentlessly till the mother couldn't take it anymore.
One day while they were fighting and destroying things as usual, the woman quietly went inside, picked her late husband's gun and killed all three of the children.
She handed herself to the police later.
This unfortunate event reminded me of that movie.

Towncrier007:
It's high time y'all understood the fact that demo.ns possesses people and tag them mental health issues,if you sense a sign of demonic possession kindly go for deliverance,those of you on this platform bashing one tribe to the other,you all are demon possessed

nairalanda1:



I almost lost my temper reading this.

Oga, you are justifying evil. A man has murdered a child. And you are here justifying evil.

A child. Is. Dead. By. The . Hand . Of . His . Dad.


A child who should have been protected by his dad is dead

You are sick. Honestly I don't care if I am banned for saying this , but you are sick. .

Better wake up and stop saying rubbish

Onyiiobi7735:

You are the sick one here.Did I say what the man did was good or justify anything?
I only pointed out what the man did and its affiliation with what I watched on film.
Lol! Really you have a serious mental disorder.You didn't get my point before barking like a frustrated rabid dog.
Your mental disorder gives cause for concern.
Where in my comment did you read that I justified or supported the man's act.
Your stupidity couldn't let you read where I called the man's act "UNSPEAKABLE"
Have sense for once in your stupid and idiotic life.
I pointed what could have made the man do what he did, and you being the stupid and senseless idiot you, couldn't comprehend my point, before displaying the animal nature in you.

Timetravel88:


Your take on this matter is spot on. Not to condone the actions of the father but there are children whose youthful exuberance can take a dark turn, making parents question their birth origin.

nairalanda1:


You are not just sick, you are batshit insane

Nothing justifies the murder of a child

Nothing ever justifies the murder of a child.

Nothing .

So if your child gives you problem you would kill him or her like this man did?

Oga, you are sick and insane. Grow up. Seriously grow up and get help

Seriously there is something wrong with you .

You are a demoniac idiot to justify the murder of a child. A effing child man. A effing child.
A child.


I don't care if you abuse me. Only mentally ill people cannot see that there is no excusing murder at all for any reason. And you are mentally ill, and you don't know it.

Again, I don't care if I am banned for this. No one has the right to justify murder of anyone. No one. I don't care if I get banned. I cannot stay silent if someone comes on line to justify the murder of a child no matter how stubborn the child was.