Son Butchers father In Cross River, Throws Corpse Into Pit Toilet

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP94MMG1NXme7oVCenxJRBttLAsfTt7SqjiZshODMTz4hwNTo4y3Jnl0-ycjOq8EXZI6BAfwq0jnhuIjgtnvvDZtcnuDtw_WjpKTokA-6BZQEJbMFL5Qagin0aHrCqCcUqkcqAUQST9bAB/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP94MMG1NXme7oVCenxJRBttLAsfTt7SqjiZshODMTz4hwNTo4y3Jnl0-ycjOq8EXZI6BAfwq0jnhuIjgtnvvDZtcnuDtw_WjpKTokA-6BZQEJbMFL5Qagin0aHrCqCcUqkcqAUQST9bAB/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>From L-R: Killed, HRH Ene, Village Head of Ekpri Ikot Ene, the pit toilet and the suspect, Francis Ekpo Jnr.,<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> EKPRI IKOT ENE— DISASTER struck, penultimate Monday, at Ekpri Ikot Ene community, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, when an enraged 23-year-old son butchered his father, who is the village head, HRH Francis Ekpo Ene, and dumped his remains inside the family’s pit toilet for persistently accusing him of stealing his money without facts.<br/> <br/> <br/> NDV gathered that killer-son (Francis Ekpo Jnr.) supposedly acted under a powerful and diabolical influence, as he was not known to be a violent person before the sacrilegious incident.<br/> <br/> <b>How</b> <b>it</b> <b>happened—Wife</b><br/> <br/> The wife of the deceased, Mrs. Affiong Offiong Asuquo, who spoke to NDV, said signs of trouble emerged in the household when an unnoticeable amount of money, sometimes between N20, 000 to N50, 000 started disappearing from the safe in the bedroom of the late ruler.<br/> <br/> Her words: “The problem started when my husband’s money started missing and he had always thought that it was his first son, who was responsible for the theft, not knowing that he was not the person involved, and he had always denied being the one. The height was when he sold his oil and kept N90,000 in a Nido milk can and the money got missing again, he was really angry because he could not fathom why such an amount of money could get missing in his house.”<br/> <br/> She confided in NDV that the money was actually being stolen by their daughter, who after her escapade, disappeared to her boyfriend’s place and returned after they exhausted the cash, pretending as she knew nothing and the late villager head would rail accusations on the epileptic son.<br/> <br/> She said the boy had always said: “One day, I will steal your money since you are accusing me of what I did not do. He had also been cursing that one day; I will slaughter you and throw you inside the toilet for accusing me wrongly.’ All these came to pass that night as the father started shouting at him to provide the money he took from his room, the boy got angry and picked up a cutlass and pursued his father as I tried to intervene, he almost cut me,” the widow said.<br/> <br/> She further explained: “I had to call for help, I went out to call people, including the youth leader because it was a bit late at night, before I came back with the people in a matter of minutes, the deed had already been done, he had already killed his father and dumped him inside the pit toilet behind the house.”<br/> <br/> <b>Blood</b> <b>trace</b><br/> <br/> She added : “When I came back with the people I went to seek help from, they asked him where his father was, he replied that he does not know, so they started searching for him, then they saw a blood trail, which they followed right to the pit toilet and saw that he has butchered the monarch with a little flesh just holding his head to his neck, pushed off the mud which covered part of the toilet so that the opening could allow the lifeless body into the toilet.”<br/> <br/> Speaking further, she told NDV that they apprehended him and handed him over to the Police and her husband embalmed in the house.<br/> <br/> <b>At</b> <b>the</b> <b>deceased’s</b> <b>residence</b><br/> <br/> Meanwhile, when NDV reporter got to the house of the village head, his kinsmen, including the children were seen eating.<br/> <br/> One of her daughters, Favour Francis Ekpo, said: “She was not around when the incident took place, but she knew that her elder brother and father had have little issues for some time.<br/> <br/> She further asserted: “I was called on the phone when the incident took place because I was not at home I only came back to see what happened.”<br/> <br/> <b>“Traditional</b> <b>coup”</b><br/> <br/> A community leader, who pleaded anonymity, told NDV that no village head had ever died under such circumstances in Ekpri Ikot Ene, noting: it is really unfortunate that this happened like this."<br/> <br/> The chief observed that the sad incident was not ordinary because Francis Jnr was not<br/> <br/> <br/> known to be violent, adding: “We are all surprised about what happened, but we have gone to the palace to inform our clan head that he has become indisposed because in our tradition, until the rite of passage is carried out, it can never be announced that he has joined his ancestors no matter the circumstance.”<br/> <br/> Also speaking, one of the elders alleged that there were some forces that did not like Ekpo’s emergence as the village head. He disclosed that there had been a cold war, saying: “This is a traditional coup resulting from that war to dethrone him.<br/> <br/> His words: “He became the village head last two years, the people did not know how else to get to him except his children, the boy who committed this sacrilege is just a little above 20, he is also sick; he is epileptic and has never hurt a fly even though some people believe that his epilepsy somehow affected his brain.<br/> <br/> <b>No</b> <b>details</b> <b>yet</b> <b>—</b> <b>PPRO</b><br/> <br/> Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Irene Ugbo, said the matter has not been transferred yet, so she could not give any detail, but promised to call back when she get”s details from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).<br/> <br/> However, NDV gathered that the suspect was now cooling his heels at the Divisional Police headquarters, Akpabuyo, which is awaiting the transfer of the case to state headquarters.<br/> <br/> <br/> vanguard</div>

Son Butchers father In Cross River, Throws Corpse Into Pit Toilet

From L-R: Killed, HRH Ene, Village Head of Ekpri Ikot Ene, the pit toilet and the suspect, Francis Ekpo Jnr., EKPRI IKOT ENE— DISASTER ...

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Body of man found dumped by the roadside in Calabar - Photos.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqp7CD_5kV0v9SfMkwUimlfLQ99s0EeY5UuqLnKUhy0yW-UCy4THmEDiFaM7YYIDb59chJjgi4JYXmC5-ztG2h92RXcpZppSAig4Q3mZyfALpzIvN2UCateZc6WN3wDjzsXahTzSx2U53i/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqp7CD_5kV0v9SfMkwUimlfLQ99s0EeY5UuqLnKUhy0yW-UCy4THmEDiFaM7YYIDb59chJjgi4JYXmC5-ztG2h92RXcpZppSAig4Q3mZyfALpzIvN2UCateZc6WN3wDjzsXahTzSx2U53i/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Residents woke up to a rude shock to find corpse of a man dumped at the Calabar gate, 8 Miles, Calabar, Cross River State this morning, October 14th.<br/> A source who spoke to CaliTown, said the victim believed to be in his thirties appears to have been killed somewhere and dumped there.<br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjTBRlyUDcOzP16ZMNaufXU78nFxTeeLHxvuNG7tssWd31X94u02BCFaxy7uHmivJwEq63u2J46eMVF1d7yCciKcvIFmkTLpgBLEY1nxreotth0Et7KDFICuHOdaOzLKs-IDdAb7Whuf9/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjTBRlyUDcOzP16ZMNaufXU78nFxTeeLHxvuNG7tssWd31X94u02BCFaxy7uHmivJwEq63u2J46eMVF1d7yCciKcvIFmkTLpgBLEY1nxreotth0Et7KDFICuHOdaOzLKs-IDdAb7Whuf9/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> "He is properly resting and there are no visible struggle signs on the right pillar at the Calabar gate where he is lying, suggesting that the attack on the victim took place there. He is sporting a flowery brief on a green work coat, while his legs show signs of having walked through a muddy area. There is a depression on the right side of his skull that I suspect was a blow dealt to his head…maybe the injury that killed him. Nobody around the area is volunteering any information but someone that l was able to speak with thinks this is another cult related killing; he doesn’t appear convincing," the source told CaliTown correspondent<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Source: CaliTown</div>

Body of man found dumped by the roadside in Calabar - Photos.

Residents woke up to a rude shock to find corpse of a man dumped at the Calabar gate, 8 Miles, Calabar, Cross River State this morning, Octo...

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DSS arrest mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians in Cross River

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiJVYBdh_sHxAjWlYMjrUdOUf9TbMY7Ze6_9sPnPv0JtqqwwpkE49RDFvNMwWO6ojEbNillRyrgm-L4_U3V3r6TncIjyNPIEHU2GnpgN9oCC8DBXPhyGjqNI6w3RXo1W6lGXGns40LmmL/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiJVYBdh_sHxAjWlYMjrUdOUf9TbMY7Ze6_9sPnPv0JtqqwwpkE49RDFvNMwWO6ojEbNillRyrgm-L4_U3V3r6TncIjyNPIEHU2GnpgN9oCC8DBXPhyGjqNI6w3RXo1W6lGXGns40LmmL/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>The mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians working for Lafarge Cememnt Company in Cross Rivers state, Samuel Asuquo, has been arrested by Department of State Service operatives. This was contained in a press statement released by the spokesperson of the DSS, Tony Opuiyo. <br/> <br/> The statement adds that a gang of kidnappers that had earlier kidnapped five Igbo women and collected the sum of Thirteen Million Naira (N13m) as ransom have also been arrested. Also arrested is a Boko Haram IED specialist in Kano state. Read the statement below....<br/> <br/> 1. As part of its commitment towards improving security across the country, the Department of State Services (DSS), has sustained tactical and counter-terrorism operations which have yielded major successes with the arrest of terrorists and other criminals across the country.<br/> <br/> 2. On 22nd August, 2016, one Samuel ASUQUO, a kidnap kingpin was arrested by the Service at Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River State. ASUQUO was the mastermind of the kidnap of three (3) Australian staff of Lafarge Cement Company, for which his gang received ransom of one hundred and fifty million Naira (N150m)<br/> <br/> 3. Similarly, on 30th August, 2016, the trio of Bamaiyi MUSTAPHA (aka Dan Borno), Aminu ISA and Hassan SHEHU, members of a notorious kidnap gang operating around the Abuja-Kaduna axis, were arrested at Lafia, Nasarawa State. The gang had earlier kidnapped five (5) Igbo women and collected the sum of Thirteen Million Naira (N13m) as ransom. They were subsequently arrested by the Service while planning a high profile kidnap in Abuja.<br/> <br/> 4. In another operation carried out same day at Tamburawa village along Kano-Zaria Expressway, Kano State, Alhassan MUSA and Ado Yusuf, members of a notorious kidnap/armed robbery syndicate operating from Falgore forest in Doguwa LGA, Kano State, were also apprehended.<br/> <br/> 5. On 19th August, 2016, two (2)<br/> kidnappers operating in Zamfara and its environs were arrested. They are Abdulrasheed IBRAHIM and Aliyu UMAR. The duo had been terrorizing residents of the area along with a kidnap group headed by Buhari General who is still at large.<br/> <br/> 6. Also, on 26th August, 2016, two (2) notorious kidnappers, armed robbers and assassins; Moses ACHIA and Fanen IGBETAR, were arrested at Kperlegba Village, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. One (1) AK-47 rifle, five (5) fully loaded AK-47 magazines, one hundred and fifty rounds of live ammunition and one pistol loaded with fifteen rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them. The syndicate had planned to kidnap a female business tycoon in Makurdi, Benue State.<br/> <br/> 7. On 3rd Sept, 2016, a kidnapping gang under the coordination of one Sunny ISAAC/late, which has been terrorizing residents in States of the South-East zone, was busted by the Service at Aba in Abia State. Prior to their arrest, the gang had masterminded series of kidnapping incidents in the State, including the abduction of one Uche IKONNE/f, an American citizen in the State. Other members of the gang arrested by the Service include Nnaoma AMAK, Chiedozie EBERE, Bartholomew MICHEAL, Chinweotito INNOCENT and Celestine IKARANGWAN, while the following items were recovered on them during the time of arrest; the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Naira only (N400,000.00), a Double-Barrel gun with two (2) live ammunition, a Toyota-Corolla car, a Volkswagen Golf car, and the mobile cellphone of the IKONNE/f.<br/> <br/> 8. In another development, this Service has arrested one Abbas MOHAMMED at Asokoro, Abuja. Subject was sending several threat messages to the Ukranian Ambassador to Nigeria. Preliminary investigation revealed that MOHAMMED was formerly employed by the embassy as a driver but he began threatening his former employer after losing his job arising from observed gross acts of insubordination from him to his employers<br/> <br/> 9. On the economic front, this Service is currently intensifying action against high level fraudsters whose unwholesome activities is negatively affecting investors confidence with multiplier risk to genuine businesses nationwide. Accordingly, one Izuagie MOHAMMED was arrested in Benin City, Edo State on 24th August, 2016, for impersonating the Accountant General of the Federation. MOHAMMED had already defrauded unsuspecting members of the public posing as the Nigerian AGF on Facebook and promising them facilitation of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) empowerment loan, before he was apprehended by the Service.<br/> <br/> 10. In a further action, on 28th August, 2016, Taiye ALADE and Ajoke KOLAWOLE were also arrested by the Service at Fabian Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The duo had cloned the GSM number of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (GMD NNPC), and were using it to defraud his close associates.<br/> <br/> 11. Also, one Mike EWUGBARA a known child trafficker was arrested at Okigwe, Imo State on 26th August, 2016. Three (3) kidnapped children were rescued from his hideout including one Miracle who was abducted in Benue State.<br/> <br/> 12. In response to the regrouping of Boko Haram elements in Kano State, the Service in concert with the military, carried out coordinated operations in the State which led to the apprehension of two (2) high profile members of the sect, namely; Ibrahim Ustaz ABUBAKAR and Idris AUDU (aka AYA). AUDU is an IED specialist who was being groomed to penetrate security agencies in the country. AUDU had already perfected plans to seek for recruitment into the next recruitment scheme of the Nigeria Army, before his arrest.<br/> <br/> 13. The Service wishes to assure all law abiding citizens and residents that it will not rest on its oars in its determination to ensure a safe environment for all to carry out their legitimate business. We call on members of the public to support this effort by providing useful information to security agencies.<br/> <br/> <br/> Tony OPUIYO<br/> Department of State Services<br/> Abuja.<br/> 4th September, 2016.</div>

DSS arrest mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians in Cross River

The mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians working for Lafarge Cememnt Company in Cross Rivers state, Samuel Asuquo, has been arreste...

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