What Akwa-Ibom priest did to his daughter will bring tears to your eyes
– Eno Akpan confessed to beating his wife because she returned late from market
– The priest cut his daughter with a machete because his wife failed to take her away
– He has been apprehended by the police
A priest, Eno Akpan has been apprehended by the police after he killed his one-year-old daughter, Favour with a machete.
The Punch reports that the 30-year-old priest who hails from Ikot Akpan Udo village in the Ikot Abasi local government area in Akwa Ibom was in charge of the village’s shrine.
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It was reported that Eno had a disagreement with his wife and beat her up. In the ensuring fight, the wife, Blessing fled to her mother’s house and left Favour with her husband.
Cordelia Nwawe who is the spokesperson of the state police command who spoke on behalf of the commissioner for police said Eno called his wife to pick her daughter but when she refused, he got a machete and struck Favour on her head and back.
The young girl died as a result of the injuries she sustained.
The spokesperson said: “On July 23, at 7.30pm, the complainant, Blessing, had a misunderstanding with her husband, Eno Akpan. In the process, the husband beat her up.
“She left the house for her mother’s place, leaving her daughter behind. The husband asked her to return home to take the child along, but she refused. The husband then used a machete to inflict cuts on the back and head of their daughter. She died on the spot.”
Nwawe said further investigation was still going on concerning the case.
Eno however said he was enraged after his wife returned late from the market where she sold oyster
He confirmed that he used his fist on his wife but claimed when he wanted to use the machete on her, it caught his daughter.
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“She went to sell oysters in the market. When she came back, I tried to inquire why she came back late and that it was becoming a habit for her to return home late from the market.
“Her reply incensed me and I had no other option than to beat her. The moment I picked up a machete to strike her, she threw my daughter at me and the machete landed on her head and back.”
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