A 78-year-old man, Chief Eyo Nsa, has been stabbed to death by
his son, Samuel Eyo Nsa at Eseko village, Creek Town in Odukpani Local
Government Area of the state.
The 21-year-old had no other reason than his allegation that his late
father refused to defend him after he was caught stealing a neighbour’s
goat.
On Children’s Day, Samuel stole a goat from his neighbour, Otobong
Matthew, with which he prepared pepper soup to entertain his friends.
File: goat thief
“When Otobong discovered that evening that one of his goats was missing,
he searched everywhere for it and someone told him that he saw Samuel
with a goat earlier in the day and had slaughtered it to prepare pepper
soup for his friends to celebrate the Children’s Day,” a Creek town
youth, Alex Edet said.
When Otobong got wind of the Samuel’s action, he reported the matter to
Samuel’s father, demanding payment for his goat.
“Chief Nsa was tired of appearing in the village square to defend his
son and to pay fines for things he kept stealing and, therefore, told
the owner of the goat to report the matter to the police,” a source
said.
According to Edet, after Otobong left the old man’s premises and was on
his way to the police station, Samuel who was hiding behind the window
listening to the discussion, suddenly appeared, accusing his parents of
not defending him and threatened to deal with them.
Afraid that the boy would carry out his threat, his mother escaped,
while Samuel allegedly gave her a hot chase brandishing a machete but
when he got to a point where he met some youths decided to return to the
house to attack his aged father who was said to be old and almost
blind.
“He inflicted several machete cuts on the old man who died on the spot
and swore not to spare his mother,” the source added.
Samuel later attempted to escape as he fled into the bush but was
apprehended by some youths in the area.
“We gave him a hot chase and got hold of him in the CreekTown forest and
handed him over to the police at the Odukpani Police division,” said
one of the youths.
He was after his arrest transferred to the State Police Headquarters in
Calabar.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Mr.
John Umoh, said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as
possible.
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