A 21-year-old man,
Samuel Eyo Nsa, has stabbed his
78-year-old father, Chief Eyo Nsa, to death at Eseko village, Creek Town
in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state.
His reason: the late father allegedly refused to defend him after he was caught
stealing a neighbour’s goat.
The incident happened on Children’s Day when Samuel decided
to celebrate the day with a goat stolen from a neighbour, Otobong Matthew,
with which he prepared pepper soup to
entertain his friends.
“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,” Alex Edet, a Creek Town youth told Vanguard.
The revelation, our source said, made Otobong to report the matter to Samuel’s father that
his goats were always missing and that someone had told him that Samuel stole
his goat to celebrate the Children’s Day. He demanded 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,” our 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,” Vanguard was told.
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.
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