Akwa Ibom State police command has apprehended one Akpan Akpan who allegedly burnt his friend to death following a disagreement over a phone charger.
Parading the suspect at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi said the suspect, a roadside petrol seller, had at the middle of the disagreement with his friend poured petrol on him and ignited a matches which caused the victim’s death.
According to Durosinmi, on 15th December, 2022 relying on petition from Rev. Emmanuel Ime of Ikot Ekwere Ubium Village in Nsit Ubium LGA, operatives of the homicide unit of Uyo, arrested one Akpan Akpan of same address who poured fuel on his friend, one Junior Ime Philip and set him ablaze leading to his death because of a disagreement over a phone charger.
Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to the crime, saying that he was forced to kill the deceased because he was the first that started to fight him.
