Man storms Akwa Ibom orphanage to poison son who almost killed him in a dream Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network, (CRARN) Children Center in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, has accused 53-year-old Edem Okon, of storming the orphanage to kill one of son taking refuge there. In a statement released by Sam Itauma, the head of CRARN, Okon came to the orphanage with a hidden bread laced with poison made from a local berry called, Esere or Calabar beans. “Okon came with the sole aim of killing one of his two sons under our care. His reason, being a dream he had in which his 6-year-old son, Elijah, purportedly came to stab him to death while he was sleeping in the night. Though the man has two sons in their care, but he requested to go with one of them, but because they were skeptical about his motives they turned down his request. He later requested to take his children out to purchase items for them in a nearby store. When that too was rejected he became angry and charged at...
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