The Police in Calabar, Cross River State has detained two
sisters for allegedly hacking their eldest brother, Kokoette Effiom
Effiong, to death.
The sisters were alleged to have chopped Kokoette with sticks and
machetes in a fight which ensued following disagreement over the sharing
of proceeds from the sale of their late father’s land at Akpabuyo.
The gruesome incident happened at the weekend at Ikot
Nakanda, a family source said left the deceased with deep machete cuts
in the head inflicted by the two sisters which led to his death.
“The man had deep cuts in the head and arm inflicted by Idak and Ikwo
during a fight in the bush behind our house,” Otop Idebe, Kokoette’s
cousin said.
“They claimed that their brother had made so much money from the sale of
their father’s land while they were away and so when another parcel was
sold they demanded that the money be shared equally among all the
surviving children and when their brother objected, they were not happy
which led to the fight.”
One of the suspects identified as Idak however said it was her sister that used machete on him.
“On that fateful day, we were told that Kokoete gave the names of three
of us, including one of our siblings, Efangha, to a native doctor for
money rituals.
“So when he came to our kitchen to cook cocoyam, we warned him not to
use our kitchen again because we did not like sharing a kitchen with any
man, besides that he sold our father’s land and had the gut to keep the
money to himself without giving us our share.”
“Kokoette insisted on using the kitchen and a quarrel ensued and while
still exchanging words, Kokoette went to the toilet in the bush behind
the compound and Ikwo followed him with a big stick and a machete. After
a short while, I heard Kokoette screaming, so I ran to the place to
stop them only to see Ikwo using the machete on him.”
In her statement to the police, Ikwo denied her sister’s statement. She
said that it was the deceased that trailed her to the bush, where she
went to stool and they started a fight.
The suspects were arrested by the police in Ikot Nakanda in Akpabuyo and
transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID),
Diamond Hill in Calabar.
Confirming the incident, Cross River State Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. John Imoh (DSP) said they would be charged to court after
the police had concluded investigation on the matter.
Such a wicked world dat we live in nw dat he is dead shebi de land is stil there did he go wit de money vanity upon vanity
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