A 40-year-old man, Anyanime Festus was arrested by
the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly poisoning his
twin daughters in Akampka Local Government Area of Cross River in Calabar. The
father poisoned his children because he blamed them for the death of his
parents.
The father was arrested by the Divisional Police Station, Akampka, and then transferred to Police Headquarters in Calabar.
The suspect allegedly gave his 11-year-old twin daughters a black substance mixed with acid, took them to a bush path and made them drink it. The substance which is believed to be poison, led to their death on January 10 and 11, 2017.
According to Vanguard, a source said:
“The man told us that
his daughters confessed to be witches and that he had no choice other than to
kill them before they kill him. So he mixed acid with malt, took the twins to a
bush path and gave them the substance to drink.”
Another source said:
“The twins were
always wandering the streets. When brought back home by strangers, Festus
usually chased them out again without food. Sometimes they were locked up and
not given food for days.”
Vanguard reports that the twin girls had
been imprisoned by their father for about three days after which he told
them that he was going to them to school. He let them out and took them to the
bush path where they were both poisoned
An eyewitness, said that before one of the twins died, she revealed that their father had taken them to a bush path at Nyaghasan on a bike, brought out a black substance and gave to them to drink.
She said they both drank it, but because the substance was bitter, she refused the second portion, but her sister drank both portions that their father offered them.
She said the twin said after they took the poison, they started having stomach ache and complained to their father, who then pretended like he was going to get help for them but never returned for them.
The witness said:
An eyewitness, said that before one of the twins died, she revealed that their father had taken them to a bush path at Nyaghasan on a bike, brought out a black substance and gave to them to drink.
She said they both drank it, but because the substance was bitter, she refused the second portion, but her sister drank both portions that their father offered them.
She said the twin said after they took the poison, they started having stomach ache and complained to their father, who then pretended like he was going to get help for them but never returned for them.
The witness said:
“Not too long after,
they started feeling dizzy and then fell asleep. When she woke up and tapped
her sister, she was no longer breathing.
“The deceased said
she had to drag her sister’s lifeless body from the bush to the road. It was in
the process that a good Samaritan saw them and informed the police, who then
took both of them to Akamkpa General Hospital, where she later died at about
3:40a.m., on January 11.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo,
who confirmed the incident, said:
“We have apprehended
the suspect; he was brought from Akamkpa this morning (Monday) to the
headquarters. He confessed that he gave his daughters acid mixed with malt to
drink because he had a premonition that they would kill him like they killed
his parents.
“He had the belief
because they confessed to him that they were witches. So he carried out the
dastardly act to save his life first.”
Source: Vangaurd
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