Man hacks his 90-year-old grandmother to death and absconds with her N16,750 in Akwa Ibom
One Nkereuwem Umoren Ekpo has been taken into custody by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command. Ekpo killed his 90-year-old grandmother with a knife and stole N16,750 from her.
This was revealed on Friday when the suspect was paraded with 51 other people detained for various offences throughout the state, according to State Commissioner of Police CP Waheed Ayilara.
“One Nkereuwen Umoren Ekpo ‘M’ of Adiasim Ikot Udo village in Essien Udim Local Government Area was arrested on February 25, 2024, at approximately 1400 hours, for the murder of his grandmother, one Martina Udoudo Akpan ‘F’ of Onuk Nkpo Ekpo village, who was approximately ninety years old,” the CP said.
The suspect was alleged to have used a machete to cut his grandmother’s neck while they were cutting cassava stem in the farm, which eventually led to her death, and untied the sum of N16, 750 from the deceased’s wrapper and absconded.”