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Busted! Man Nabbed For Killing 4-Year-Old Daughter In Akwa Ibom

Busted! Man Nabbed For Killing 4-Year-Old Daughter In Akwa Ibom

A 30-year-old man from Akwa Ibom, identified as Joseph James, has been arrested for killing his four-year-old daughter, Glory, and throwing her corpse into a stream.

According to Punch, James was arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command after he took his daughter to the stream, where he killed her and disposed of her body.

Through the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Cordelia Nwawe, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Murtala Mani, said on Wednesday that the suspect had confessed to the crime.

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Mani said, “The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a young man who strangled his daughter and threw her corpse into a stream. Investigation is ongoing.”

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The suspect, however, insisted that he did not know what came over him. He said, “I was sleeping and woke up around 4 am. Something told me to take my daughter to the stream, where I killed her. I did not know what really happened.”

He added that he was in his house when his mother brought people into his house to beat him up. They then handed him over to the police.

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