A man has ended up poisoning his own twin daughters to death in Cross River State after making allegations against them.
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A 40-year-old man, Anyanime Festus has been arrested by operatives of the Cross River State Police Command.
The man was arrested after he allegedly poisoned his twin daughters
in Akampka Local Government Area of Cross River, because he felt they
were responsible for his parents’ death.
According to Vanguard, the arrest was effected by the Divisional
Police Station, Akampka, before the suspect was transferred to Police
Headquarters in Calabar. The suspect allegedly gave his 11-year-old
daughters a black substance, believed to be poison to drink, which led
to their death on January 10 and 11.
A source said: “The man told us that his daughters confessed to
be witches and that he had no choice other than to kill them before
they kill him. So he mixed acid with malt, took the twins to a bush path
and gave them the substance to drink.”
Another source, who pleaded anonymity, told Vanguard: “The
twins were always wandering the streets. When brought back home by
strangers, Festus usually chased them out again without food. Sometimes
they were locked up and not given food for days.”
Vanguard investigation revealed that before the fateful day, the
girls had been incarcerated for about three days before their father let
them out under the pretence of taking them to school before he took
them to a bush path and poisoned them.
An eyewitness, who craved anonymity, told Vanguard that before one
of the girls died, she revealed to them that their father took them from
the house to a bush path at Nyaghasan on a bike.
He brought out a black substance and gave to them to drink. She
said they drank it, but because the substance was bitter, she refused
the second portion, but her sister drank it.
According to the source, “she said after a while they started
having stomach ache and complained to their father, who then pretended
as if he was going to get a remedy and in the process he left them there
and never came back.
“Not too long after, they started feeling dizzy and then fell
asleep. When she woke up and tapped her sister, she was no longer
breathing.
“The deceased said she had to drag her sister’s lifeless body
from the bush to the road. It was in the process that a good Samaritan
saw them and informed the police, who then took both of them to Akamkpa
General Hospital, where she died at about 3:40a.m., January 11."
When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo, who
confirmed the incident, said since the incident happened three weeks
ago, they had been on the suspect’s trail.
Ugbo said: “We have apprehended the suspect; he was brought
from Akamkpa this morning (Monday) to the headquarters. He confessed
that he gave his daughters acid mixed with malt to drink because he had a
premonition that they would kill him like they killed his parents.
“He had the belief because they confessed to him that they were
witches. So he carried out the dastardly act to save his life first.”
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