A 30-year-old Chief Priest, Eno Akpan has been arrested by
Akwa Ibom Police Command for allegedly killing his one year old daughter,
Favour Ufot. Akpan, who hails from Ikot Akpan Udo village in Ikot Abasi Local
Government Area, is the priest of the village shrine.
The State Police Commissioner, Murtala Mani, said in Uyo on
Monday, that Akpan had a misunderstanding with his wife, Blessing, which resulted
to his beating her up.
Mani, who spoke through the State Police Public Relations
Officer, ASP Cordelia Nwawe, said that during the scuffle, Blessing ran to her
mother’s house and left her daughter behind with her husband.
"On July 23, the complainant, Blessing, had misunderstanding
with the husband, Eno Akpan. In the process the husband beat her up. She left
the house to her mother’s place, leaving her daughter, the deceased behind. The husband asked her to come back home and take the child
along, she refused and the husband used machete and inflicted cuts on the back
and head of their daughter and she died on the spot," he said.
The police commissioner said that investigation was in
progress and the suspect would appear in court after investigation.
On his own part, Akpan said that he had a scuffle with his
wife over her lateness in returning from the market where she went to sell
oysters.
He said that he used his fists on her, but by the time he
picked up a machete to strike her, she pushed their daughter forward and the
machete landed on her head.
Akpan said that he did not mean to hurt the girl, but her
mother’s action resulted in her death.
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