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20-year-old man has confessed to the police that he beheaded a woman at
the Aba park on the instructions of a mad woman who lured him to throw a
human head into a river.
The suspect, Effiong
The operatives of the Nigerian Police in Aba, Abia State, have
arrested a 20-year-old man identified as Emmanuel Effiong, who beheaded a
woman at the Aba park on the instructions of a mad woman, who allegedly
advised him to throw a human head into a river or he would go mad.
Confessing while in the custody of the police, the suspect who is
also arrested in connection with a threat to kidnap and kill one
Ikechukwu Udogu, said: “I gave a mad woman money one day in Aba and
she told me to look for a skull or human head and throw inside a river
or I will go mad.
“One morning, when I saw a lifeless body in front of the park, I
decided to cut off the dead woman’s head for the exercise. I threw the
head into the Aba River to remain a normal person,” he said.
According to Punch Metro, the search for Effiong started when the
police got the information that an unknown person, through a phone text,
threatened to kill one Udogu, if he failed to pay him a N15m ransom.
It was gathered that police operatives attached to the Central
Police Station, Aba, swung into action and arrested the suspect with the
mobile phone number used in sending the threat message.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adeleye Oyabade, who
confirmed the arrest of the suspect, said he confessed to the crime,
adding that the suspect also confessed that he was behind the headless
woman found on September 29, 2016 at the Aba main motor park.
The police boss also revealed that three knives and a phone were
recovered from the suspect, adding that investigation was in progress to
unravel the mystery behind the dastardly act.
Speaking with Southern City News, Effiong, who said he hails from
Ikot Edet in Akwa Ibom State, accepted that he demanded the ransom from
Udogu for refusing to pay him his salary since September 2009.
He said, “I served Mr. Udogu for many years as his gateman, but
he stopped paying my salary since September 2009. So, I decided to send
him the threat message to get my money from him.”
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