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A man, Akaninyene Sunday Okokon has been paraded by Akwa Ibom State police command for allegedly killing his daughter, Abasiono Akaninyene Sunday over SIM card.
The deceased was said to have used her father SIM card to call her boyfriend .
Okokon was paraded with 195 others at the command’s headquarters, Ikot AkpanaAbia, Uyo Akwa Ibom State on Friday.
The state Commissioner of Police,Olatoye Durosinmi disclosed that the suspect was arrested by operatives of Ikot Ebo Divisional Headquarters following credible information.
Durosinmi disclosed that the father of the deceased beat his daughter until she fainted and died for using his SIM card to call his boyfriend, adding that the victim was rushed to a prayer house instead of a hospital.
He said: “On 11th December, 2022 relying on credible information, operatives of Ikot Ebo Divisional Headquarters arrested one Akaninyene Sunday Okokon who beat up his daughter, one Abasiono Akaninyene Sunday, aged 16 years, until she fainted, for using his SIM card to call her boyfriend.
“The victim was rushed to a prayer house at Ikot Iya village instead of being taken to a hospital.”
The Commissioner of Police said all the other suspects were arrested for various offences bordering on murder, kidnapping, theft, cultism,pipeline vandalism among others.
“A total of one hundred and ninety-six (196) suspects have been arrested for various offences ranging from murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, child stealing, unlawful possession of firearms, pipeline vandalism, cultism, etc.
“While some of these suspects have been charged to court, investigation is ongoing for some, while others have been granted Police administrative bail. So far, six (6) kidnapped victims have been rescued, eighteen (18) locally-made pistols and other firearms recovered, while eleven (11) vehicles snatched at different times and places in the state have been recovered,” he stated.
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