The Akwa Ibom police command has arrested one Okon Essien and his wife, Peace, for alleged conspiracy and killing of their son, David, whom they accused of being a wizard and responsible for their misfortunes.
The couple, who confessed to the crime, revealed the deceased was lured into an engine boat and taken across the river on the pretext of going to cut bamboo sticks in the swamp for the construction of their collapsed kitchen.
Essien said: “While at the swamp, we removed the already prepared fetish concoction called ‘asene’ and pumped it through his anus because anyone suspected to be a witch must die if he or she is actually a witch.
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He stated that “the fact that the boy died meant that he was actually a wizard.
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