A man identified as Okon Edet is now in custody for allegedly macheting his father, Edet Oyoho, to death over a parcel of land in Uruting Village, Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
National Daily learnt that the incident occurred on March 13, 2024.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
Macdon stated that the deceased owned numerous parcels of land in the state and that the suspect had admitted to the crime, stating that his father sold some of the land, including the one he had given him to build a house on, as the reason for his action.
He said, “On March 13, 2024, following reliable intelligence, operatives of Okobo Division arrested one Okon Edet of Uruting Village in the Okobo L.G.A. for killing his father, one Chief Edet Okon Oyoho, aged 75, of the same address, by beating him mercilessly with a machete, leading to his demise.
“The suspect confessed to the crime. His reason for perpetrating the heinous crime was that he got information that his father, now late, who owns many parcels of land in their community in Okobo L.G.A., has sold many of the lands, including the one he gave to him as his son to build a house.”
He added that when the suspect approached his father to demand payment for the land, he responded that the buyers had not yet made their payment, which led to him viciously beating his father to death.
“So, he confronted his father and confirmed that the information was true, and he asked his father for the money he got from selling the land, and the father replied that the buyers hadn’t paid. So, he got angry and macheted him to death,” the police spokesperson added.
