Akwa Ibom state police command have vowed to arrest those who killed and beheaded a popular farmer, whose body was found around Banking Layout, Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo, the state capital.
It was gathered that the incident took place on Sunday night, as residents of the area and bank workers were shocked at the sight of the headless body of the lady on Monday morning as they resume for work.
“The Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durusimmi has ordered a discreet investigation into the incident
“We received the report and our men rushed to the scene. She was beheaded but other parts of the body were intact.
“We assure Akwa Ibom people that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will be brought to book”. The PPRO stated.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity explained that the corpse of the woman was found in a pool of her blood near the fence of Akwa Ibom state Internal Revenue Service ( AKIRS) with head sharply cut off from the body, but was quickly evacuated by the police.
” We were shocked on Monday morning when we came to work and found the corpse lying close to our entrance ”
Another eyewitness working with the state Revenue Service but refused to mention her name said the victim cultivates fallow land around the banking layout and lives within the farm .
she said killers abandoned her body by the roadside and bolted away.
Confirming the incident, Akwa Ibom state Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) SP Odiko Mcdon said the command received report of the incident and the state Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durusimmi has ordered investigation into the incident .
