A 23-year-old man, Akaninyene Sunday Isaac, has allegedly killed his 55-year-old mother, Christiana Sunday Isaa, over food in Akwa Ibom State.
According to Vanguard, Isaac, an indigene of Oruk Uso Otoro village in Abak Local Government Area of the state hacked his mother to death for starving him of food for three days.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Odiko Macdon, said the suspect who confessed to the crime was arrested on October 11, 2023, and would be charged once the investigation on the matter was concluded.
“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Akaninyene Sunday Isaac, ‘m’ , aged 23, for murdering his biological mother, one Christiana Sunday Isaac ‘f’, 55 years old, both of Oruk Uso Otoro village in Abak Local Government Area.
“Operatives of Abak Division arrested the suspect on the 11th of October.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and alleged that his mother failed to give him food for three days, hence, he used a machete to inflict grievous injuries on her, leading to her death,” he stated.
