A 49-year-old farmer, Akaniyene Ignatius, has confessed to killing and beheading two elderly men in Abanyama community, Creek Town, in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State.
Ignatius claimed that he carried out the attacks to avenge the deaths of his parents and brother.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that the suspect was arrested by the police in the state following the gruesome killings of two prominent elders, identified as 75-year-old Oko Okon and 73-year-old Okon Akpan.
It was gathered that the first victim, Okon, was found dead in his home on May 24, with no immediate clue as to the identity of his killer.
Before residents could recover from the shock, Akpan was also murdered in a similar manner the following day.
