Man kills Pregnant Woman And Used Her Unborn Child For Rituals.

The Akwa Ibom State Police
Command has paraded a 28-
year old man, Edet Asuquo,
murdering a pregnant
woman and using her and
the unborn child for rituals.

Edet Asuquo who is a native
Ikot Otu in Itu Local
Government Area of the
state, had connived with
four others to remove the
foetus from the woman’s
womb at night.

The deceased is a native of
Cross River State and was
said to be a customer to
Asuquo who deals in
oysters.

According to the state Police
Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, Cordelia Nwawe,
“Asuquo, having sold the
first part of his seafood to
the pregnant woman, lured
her to his home claiming
that he had abundance of
oysters at a cheaper rate.

“On Monday, January 11, the
woman had innocently
followed Asuquo to his
home, where she was killed
and her corpse hidden near
a plantain tree on the
premises.

“The suspect and those at
large were contracted by a
village leader for N250, 000,
to kill a pregnant woman
and remove the woman’s
head and the foetus for
ritual purpose.

“Luck, however, ran out on
them as Asuquo’s sister
reported the matter to their
elder brother, who invited
the police.

“The pregnant mother had
gone to the market to buy
oysters from Asuquo. The
man lured her to his house
to buy more oysters. The
unsuspecting pregnant
woman was murdered
there,” the police
spokesperson stated

.
Asuquo confessed that a
leader in his village gave a
job to him and his friends to
kill a pregnant woman for
N50, 000 so that he could
use the foetus for sacrifice.

He said, “We were five that
were asked to kill a
pregnant woman so that her
head and her unborn child
would be removed and used
for ritual purpose.

“He told us that after we
have carried out the job, he
will give each one of us
N50, 000. He did not give us
any advance payment.

“After we had done the job,
my sister reported the
matter to my elder brother,
who in turn called the police
and I was arrested on
Monday”.