The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted.
The Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for the alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in the Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.
The Police said the heinous crime was one the police frowned at and would do everything necessary to ensure such did not repeat itself. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche, Mr Otu directed the law enforcement agency to arrest and ensure that the perpetrators met the laws’ full weight.“My attention has been drawn to the alleged burning to death of a citizen of the state in Akammkpa Local Government Area of the state by some unscrupulous, wild and criminally-minded youths,
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