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.
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