C’River woman petitions IGP over husband’s murder in farm

In a petition dated November 29, 2024, and shared with journalists in Calabar, Christiana alleged that a man (name withheld) masterminded her husband’s killing. She appealed to the IGP and the wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Mrs. Eyoanwan Otu, to ensure justice is served, describing the incident as a source of immense agony for her and her three children.

According to Christiana, her husband was killed on September 26, 2024, at a cocoa farm in Block 2D/66 Ikom, a government-owned cocoa estate. She became suspicious when her husband failed to return home at his usual time.

“My husband left the house on September 26, 2024, saying he was going to the farm with his father. He was killed by (the accused) and his boys, who then took his body to the mortuary without my knowledge,” she alleged.

Her initial inquiries were met with conflicting accounts. When she called her husband’s phone, a police officer from Ikom Area Command answered and falsely claimed her husband had been arrested.

Upon visiting the command, Christiana was told to check the notice board for his name, but it was not listed.

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The following day, September 27, she returned with her in-laws. She recounted seeing the officer she spoke to on the phone emerging from a vehicle with the suspect.

“The officer brought out a bag that I identified as my husband’s. He then informed me that my husband was dead, and the man claimed to have retrieved his body from the farm and deposited it at the mortuary,” she said.

Christiana later confirmed her husband’s identity at the morgue.

C’River woman petitions IGP over husband’s murder in farm