By Adeleye Kunle
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested one Sunday Etukudo who reportedly killed his 20-year-old daughter Ofonmbuk Sunday over a misunderstanding in the family.
In a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, made available to journalists in Uyo on Wednesday, the suspect claimed that the deceased daughter, during the scuffle, held his manhood which made him use a stick to hit her head and she collapsed.
The statement said the suspect, to cover his track, buried the daughter in his family compound at Omum Unyiam Village in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state, disclosing that the police have already exhumed the corpse and preserved same for autopsy.
The statement reads in parts, “based on credible information, on 9th October 2022, at about 1910hrs, one Ime Sunday Etukudo of Omum Unyiam village in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area, unlawfully killed and buried his daughter, one Ofonmbuk Ime Sunday, aged 20yrs, at the family compound at Omum Unyiam Village
