Akwa Ibom youth leader beheaded by suspected cultists

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has launched an investigation into the murder of Hezekiah Adaiden, the Youth President of Inen community in OrukAnam Local Government Area of the state

According to reports, the deceased was beheaded by suspected cultists last Sunday, December 18, 2022, while hosting a group of young men in his compound,

An eyewitness who spoke to newsmen said the cultists dragged Adaiden to a corner, beat him to a coma, and cut off his head.

The cultists then looted the deceased’ house, beat up the wife, and carted away valuables items.

“The cultists arrived in the compound at an odd hour in the night and since they were known by the youth president, he offered them drinks. While they were drinking around 1 am, another group well armed arrived and was violent, as they dragged the victim to a corner and killed him,” the source said.

“The most annoying is that they beheaded him and escaped with his head after they tortured his wife and poured the soup which the woman cooked on her head, as they beat her mercilessly.”

Odiko Mcdon, the spokesperson of the command, in a statement on Wednesday, December 21, described the killing of the youth president as barbaric.

“There is an ongoing manhunt to arrest perpetrators of such crime,” he said.