The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Anyanime Festus, for allegedly poisoning his twin daughters after he accused them of killing his parents.
Festus allegedly gave his 11-year-old twin daughters a black substance mixed with acid after which he took them to a bush path and made them drink it.
Vanguard is reporting that the suspect, resident in Akampka Local Government Area of the state admitted that his daughters were witches.
Festus had locked up his daughters for about three days after which he told them he was taking them to school. He let them out and allegedly took them to the bush path where they were both poisoned.
According to him, they confessed to be witches and he had no choice but to kill them.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect was arrested by the Divisional Police Station, Akampka, and then transferred to Police Headquarters in Calabar.
According to her, “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.”
The PPRO further revealed that before one of the twins identified only as Joy 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.
Ugbo said investigation thus far from eyewitnesses, revealed that Joy, before her death was said to had dragged 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.
“The suspect will be made to face the wrath of the law”, the PPRO added.
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