The suspect said he was hired by a chief in Ikot Itu village.
The
pregnant woman, whose name is yet to be ascertained, hailed from Ogoja
in Cross River State and was described a very ‘customer’ of her killer.
Asuquo was arrested by the police on Monday through the combined efforts
of his brother and sister (names withheld) who reported the act to the
police. It was gathered that the body of the deceased was found by the
police at a nearby plantain farm.
The PRO
explained that the suspect had lured the pregnant woman to the market to
buy oysters and later took her home to buy more but instead murdered
her and hid the body with the hope of removing the foetus for ritual.
Nwawe said the suspect’s sister, who witnessed the act reported to her
elder brother, who later alerted the police.
Asuquo,
according to Nwawe, was contracted by a chief in his village (name
withheld) now at large, to kill the pregnant woman in order to remove
her foetus for ritual. Nwawe explained that the suspect with four
others, now at large, were each promised to be paid N50,000 by the chief
for them to provide him with a foetus for ritual to enable him to win
election into the village council.
The PPRO,
who warned residents of the state to always inform those living with
them of their whereabouts, said the suspect would soon be charged to
court while investigations continued into the whereabouts of the other
suspects. Asuquo said: “What brought me to the police station is because
of the job given to us by the man (name withheld) who promised to pay
five of us to kill a pregnant woman so that her head and her unborn
child would be removed and used for charm in order that the new council
chairman would not be appointed.
“He said that
after we have carried out the job, he would give N50,000 each. He did
not give us any advance payment. After we had done the job, my brother
became angry. He said that was not the kind of job I should have got
myself involved in. He called my other elder brother and reported the
matter to him and they alerted the police.
Source: ultimate1069.com
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