A 30-year-old chief priest, Eno Akpan, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly killing his one year and three months old daughter, Favour.
Eno, a native of Ikot Akpan Udo village in the Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, was said to be the custodian of the village’s shrine.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Murtala Mani, said in Uyo on Monday that Eno had a misunderstanding with his wife, Blessing, and beat her up.
The CP, who spoke through the state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, explained that during the squabble, Blessing ran to her mother and left her daughter with the suspect.
He said Eno called Blessing to take Favour with her, adding that when she refused, he inflicted machete injuries on the girl’s back and head.
The girl died from the injuries.
He 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.”
According to dailypost The CP noted that investigation was ongoing into the matter.
Confessing to the crime, Eno, however, said he had a disagreement with his wife after she returned home late from the market where she sold oysters.
According to him, he used his fists on her, but by the time he picked up a machete to strike her, it cut through their daughter.
He said, “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.”
*MY GOD!!!....see what anger caused!
Shouldnt the woman also be arrested for using her daughter as shield?
Wonders shall never end.
ReplyDeleteWife vex no market,maybe then b4 6pm she don sell her market finish come house but now no market. She have to stay late,husband dey Vex cos him no dey live upto is responbility,infact everybody. Dey vex due to buhari administration.
DeleteDon't blame the wife biko. The man is definitely lying. Na him fault. Why use a cutlass to settle family dispute?
DeleteNa wa o. Poor child of an abusive father.
DeleteJust negodu, just negodu
ReplyDeleteThe man is very wicked and heartless. He should be charged to courts for murder. Why can't he simply use the good old Koboko and restore her manners?
ReplyDeleteYou are an animal just like him
DeleteMay your sisters be flogged with koboko by other men. Say amen!
DeleteJames do you see men beating their wives as a good thing?
DeleteViolence!!!
ReplyDelete*Larry was here*
Why should she be arrested? Who in his or her senses fights with a machete? Whether or not the intention was to kill, he should live with the consequences of his action.
ReplyDeleteMadam Stella,
ReplyDeleteFirst time of posting on your blog and it is in response to your comment.
The yorubas say "ti ina ba jo ni, to jo omo eni, ti ara eni lan koko gbo" . It is the same way airline say fix your own oxygen mask before fixing for other.
This woman is not to blame in any way and lets us not start the blame game. Kindly focus on the possesed husband who picked a cutlass to "beat" his wife.
Thanks.
I think it was a spontaneous reaction by her. She prolly thought that he would stop if he saw the child, but alas.
DeleteStella was it ok to use machete in the first place? So if a spouse comes home late you use fists and machete?? or are you a misogynist? This is clearly an issue of using excessive force n aggression to resolve a misunderstanding. He could have locked her out, sent her packing, or reported to her people. Moreover whose report will we believe now? He said, she said... We need eyewitness reports before passing further judgements.
ReplyDeleteStella is not condoning the act na. She's only angry that the woman put the child as shield.
DeleteNawAooo innocent baby rip
ReplyDeleteHe deserves 21 years imprisonment. Imagine trying to use a cutlass on his wife. The man is cruel and barbaric.
ReplyDeleteTo avoid tragedy such as this, Men married to stubborn women should buy a Koboko and hang it in a strategic location in the house and warn her that this is for her if she misbehaves. I guarantee that there will be peace in that family.
Cox Koboko can do wonders to stubborn people
So that's how your dad has been beating your mum? No wonder you always sound barbaric.
DeleteI see ppl insult u on this blog... Now I know why... Its cos u are a very big fool.. Idoit.. Monkey... If my sisters husband beat her I swear heaven will have visitors.. Or hell... Either ways
DeleteI am sure the man will say the small girl is a WITCH. calabar people, witch no dey hard for their mouth to pronounce.
ReplyDeletewhat a shame. Shame to the Chief Priest, shame to Blessing his wife. They both should be held accountable for the girl's death.
The chief priest should be fed to the lions in the forest.
Go back and learn your States and Capital.
DeleteAkwaIbom - Uyo
CrossRiver - Calabar.
Try not to display ignorance in oublic ok. Since when did Akwa Ibom become Calabar?
DeleteCross River and Akwa Ibom are two different states, pls aways remember that.
DeleteCross River and Akwa Ibom are two different states, pls aways remember that.
Delete'I had no other option than to beat her' how many times has she had no option than to poison u? But she let u be. The effrontery these men display, ehn!
ReplyDelete......
ReplyDelete“Her reply incensed me and I had no other option than to beat her"
Smh
That it is eh! I was shocked reading that.
DeleteAnimal!
Useless husband and wife.
ReplyDeleteMother Nature.....
Good for him.
ReplyDeleteStella, do you think she really used her daughter as a shield? He might be lying.
ReplyDeleteHe picked up a matchete to cut her? Like the woman is some sort of animal or wood. Gosh!
ReplyDeleteHow do people stay married to this kind of men?
see where dis world is heading to?...fathers killing their own children....even satan is shocked to see and hear all these...but then they will still go ahead and say its d devil's doing.....may d lord epp us....rip to d little one
ReplyDeleteEhyah nkewa bù tragedy.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm
ReplyDeleteMabasii,things are happening
@Galore
Anger is so cruel!!!
ReplyDeleteArrest which woman? Why would he wield a cutlass at a woman holding a child? This story just spoilt my day.
ReplyDeleteNdi ara nabu!
ReplyDeleteWickedness everywhere...
ReplyDeleteYou mawi native dr.... Ya battle no be here o
Morals... Learn to tame your anger.
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What's happening these days? The result of raising animals as sons. So fist is not enough, you now use a matchete. Oga abeg rot in jail.
ReplyDeleteMy dear,this buhari administration is deadly, everybody is angry,frustration is another Level,drivers are not smiling accident on every road,people r dieing mysteriously over little thing,my MD just called,that this month salary may not work ooo.cos the company have not been making any profit,aunty Stella please pray for we that are still in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteYour MD is irresponsible. This has nothing to do with Buhari. The economy is hard so men are beating their wives...like it started today
DeleteYour MD is irresponsible. This has nothing to do with Buhari. The economy is hard so men are beating their wives...like it started today
DeleteMy dear,it's worst now ooo,abeg compare n contrast.the rate of domestic violence is increasing geometrically.
DeleteI would rather protect my child than use them as a shield . I know an ex who would do that
ReplyDeleteViolent SOB!
ReplyDeleteGo and bury your daughter,you killed her! That will def haunt you for the rest of your god forsaken life.
#Pissed
Haunt him ke?
DeleteDoes d animal sound like one that has a conscience?
Imagine "Her reply incensed me and I had no option than to beat her"
Animal! Scum!
OK Mr man,, now that u have killed your daughter body don calm abi, I pray that the spirit of anger depart from us.
ReplyDeleteArrest gini? Stella abegi. Is it even right to be quarrelling with a matchete in the hand? Since when did it become a cane if you must flog? Abeg he should be locked up.
ReplyDeleteAkwa Ibom too useless. Lazy men and women. The women can only f*ck around for nothing o... cheap dirty things.
ReplyDeleteCalm down... Insult their men leave their women... I actually like f*cking their women.. Plus they are not dirty, I am too sure of their cleanliness just as I sure of cross river girls too.. I ve plenty Ibibio girls on my body count... They very clean eben the poor ones still don't joke with neatness
DeleteBut your husbands and boyfriends keep running after them.
DeleteWhat?? this is sad..
ReplyDelete'shining out'
BUT WHY BEAT UP YOUR WIFE? IF YOU AGREED TO MARRY THAT MEANS YOU RE OF AGE TO TAKE ANY THING THAT LIFE THROWS AT YOU...SOME MEN SHOULD JUST MAN UP NOW...VIOLENCE EVERY WHERE, NOW THAT BABY IS GONE FOREVER...CANT JUST IMAGINE IT...MCHHHHWWWWM
ReplyDeleteKeepers of marriage. Ngwanu make una clap for yourselves. This man did not start this beating today but you people will advice these girls to warroom and pray for animals. Those of you in these types of marriages, he might not kill you...it might be your child or relative. Stay there and be risking lives to save a sham you call marriage.
ReplyDelete#Everyone makes mistakes but you need people in your life to not only point it out, but also to not hold a grudge and just help you better yourself*
ReplyDeletewho told him there were no other options,,,,oga priest how about endurance and tolerance or u could simply work away like who want to b a millionaire..receive sense in jesus name.
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