The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has declared manhunt for the killers of two brothers in Nnung Iyoho, Afaha Offiong, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of the State, Enefiok Michael Etuk, aged 70, and Ebongeti Micheal Etuk, 50.
The brothers were on February 29, 2024 murdered in their residence at about 11pm by yet unknown assailants.
According to the eldest brother to the victims, who escaped the death by whiskers, Ime Michael Etuk, the assailants invaded the family house, killing his younger siblings, one physically challenged, as they also stabbed the wife of the 50-year-old deceased, who is nursing a baby.
Etuk said: “From my room, I overheard my fourth brother, the one physically challenged, calling for help, shouting that they were about to kill him.
“This was about some minutes to 11pm, and the whole chaos ended in five minutes.
“His door was forced open.
“I heard the wife lamenting: ‘You have stabbed the baby’ Ebongeti.
“My fourth brother was dragged out of the room and killed in the backyard close to the kitchen, his head smashed.
“Then, my second brother was dragged out through the window and killed also.
“In the heat of that chaos, crying for help, I escaped into the bush, and I spent the night inside the bush till dawn.
“Around 6am, I came out of the bush, went to my second brother’s room and called him, but he didn’t answer.
“As I turned to his window, I saw his wrapper and as I moved further, I saw his corpse in a pool of blood.
“I went to the family head of Nung Etukakpan, and reported the incident.
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“That is how people started coming here to witness the scene of the incident.
“I also complained to my extended family head, Obong Nnah Ikpe.”
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command and a Superintendent of Police, Odiko Macdon, said: “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.”