A state High Court sitting in Akamkpa, Cross River State has sentenced a man to death for killing his twin daughters, Mfoniso and Emediong, on allegation of being witches.
The convict was said to have accused the 11-year-old daughters of witchcraft.
He subsequently mixed malt drink with acid to poison the two girls.
Justice Agnes Onyebueke, who delivered judgement in the matter with suit number HK/6C/2018, said, “Udo’s action is satanic, demonic and beyond human comprehension.”
The judge ruled that the convict “wilfully and gruesomely” murdered his daughters in 2017 after calling them witches.
When cross-examined, the middle-aged man could not defend his action.
It was gathered that one of the twins died on the spot on January 10, 2017, while the second crawled to the road where a kind-hearted resident picked and took her to a hospital, where she died the following day.
A child rights activist, Mr James Ibor, whose organisation, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, started the case, said the incident was first reported in February 2017.
“The police ensured that necessary medical examinations and autopsies were done on the deceased children, which aided the judgement.
“This judgement is justice for the victims and the government of Cross River State,” he added. (Freedom Watch)
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