Man Kills Pregnant Woman In Akwa Ibom (Photos)

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A suspect, Edet Asuquo, has revealed how he
killed a pregnant woman for the purpose of
using her foetus for rituals in Akwa Ibom
state.
New Telegraph reports that the suspected
killer, who made the chilling confession at
the Akwa Ibom state police command
headquarters, yesterday, January 13, said he
was hired by a chief in Ikot Itu village.
Edet Asuquo
The pregnant woman, whose name is yet to
be ascertained, hailed from Ogoja in Cross
River State and was described a very good
‘customer’ of her killer. Asuquo was arrested
by the police on Monday, January 11,
through the combined efforts of his brother
and sister (names withheld) who reported the
act to the police. It was reported that the
body of the deceased was found by the
police at a nearby plantain farm.
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Asuquo had lured the pregnant woman to the
market to buy oysters and later took her
home to get more of the oysters 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 it to her elder brother, who later
alerted the police.
Edet Asuquo
Asuquo, according to the police spokesman,
Cordelia 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 N50,000 by the chief for
them to provide him with a foetus for ritual
to enable him to win an election to the
village council.
Nwawe, 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.”