A Nigerian couple have been arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State, for allegedly killing their 12-year-old son over witchcraft.
His 47 year old father, identified as Okon David Essien who hails from Ibikpe Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area conspired with his wife to kill his 12 year old son, Joseph Okon David and buried him in a shallow grave in Iquita swamp, Oron Local Government Area.
Okon David Essien after he was quizzed by the police confessed to committing the crime and his sole reason was because his deceased son was a wizard and the cause of death of his former wife, who is the boy’s mother.
The heartless dad said that he lured the innocent boy to the swamp on the pretext that he should help him cut bamboo sticks to make a kitchen.
However, the second wife (who is the young boys step mother) was ignorant of the entire plot and execution of the crime but arrested for not reporting the incident to the police when the step son got missing without explanation.