Akwa Ibom State Police Command has said that assailants who killed two brothers five days ago in Nung Iyoho community, Afaha Offing council area would be arrested.
Our Correspondent gathered that the two brothers identified as Enefiok Micheal Etuk aged 70 and Ebongeti Micheal Etuk 50 respectively were on Thursday last week February 29, murdered in cold blood, in their family compound at about 11:00 PM by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
According to the eldest brother brother to the victims, Mr Ime Micheal Etuk who escaped being lynched by the assailants, the killers invaded the family house killed the two brothers stabbed the wife of the 50-year-old deceased who is nursing a baby.
“From my room, I overheard my fourth brother, the one that was physically challenged calling for help, shouting that they were about to kill him. This was about some minutes to 11:00 pm, and the whole chaos ended within five minutes.
“His door was forced open. I heard the wife lamenting; “you have stabbed the baby.” Ebongeti, my fourth brother, was taken out of the room, and killed in the backyard close to the kitchen as his head was smashed while the other brother was forced out of his room through the window and killed.
“In the midst of that confusion and distress cry for help, I escaped into the bush, and I spent the night inside the bush till dawn. So, around 6: 00 am, I came out from the bush, went to my second brother’s room shouting his name but he didn’t answer.
Continuing, he said as he turned to his window and saw his wrapper by the window moved further and saw his corpse in a pool of blood.
“I reported the incident to the family head of Nung Etukakpan before the people started coming here to witness the scene of the incident. I also complained to my enlarged family head, Obong Nnah Ikpe.”
Reacting to the incident, Akwa Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Odiko Macdon said investigations were still ongoing.
Macdon said the command has yet to make any arrest assuring however that those behind the dastardly act would be brought to book in no distant time.
“No arrest has so far been made, but the Commissioner of Police (CP), Waheed Ayilara, has ordered discreet investigation, we are closing ranks and will soon catch up with the culprits,” he said.
