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After eight years of litigation an Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State yesterday March 13, sentenced a 37-year-old man, Moses Abdon Edo, to death by hanging for patricide (killing his father) Abdon Peter Edo.



The Court was presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang and held that the convict, an okada rider, who is an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA had confessed in his statement that he killed his father on 29th July, 2015, in his house and buried him beside his son’s grave.

Justice Enang also said that the convict, who is the first son of the deceased, also confessed that he pursued his father to the backyard of his old building and hit his head on the wall where he died on the spot over landed property.

The Court held that once a confessional statement is positive, direct and unequivocal of fact, it is sufficient to secure conviction of the accused even without the evidence being collaborated.

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