By; PATRICK TITUS, Uyo
Middle-aged man, Gabriel Okon Ekpri in Akwa Ibom State, has confessed to police in the state that he sold his nine years old son for N400,000 due to economic hardship.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko Macdon in a release made available to New Nigerian yesterday, stated that, Ekpri, who hails from Ekit Itam in Itu Local Government Area of the state also blamed his act on devil’s enchantment.
According to SP Macdon, Ekpri was arrested by the quick Intervention Squad of the command following reliable information
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Olateyo Durosinmi has condemned it as a barbaric act, not acceptable in the society.
Meanwhile, CP Durosinmi has decorated two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) serving in the command, who were recently promoted from Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to their new rank.
The two Deputy Commissioners are DCP Baba Lawan Audu, Area Commander, Eket Area Command and DCP Lawal ISA MANI of the Department of Operations.
The CP, while conveying the hearty congratulations of the Inspector General of Police, Acting IGP Olukayode Egbetokun to the Officers, charged them to double their productivity capacity while playing their deputising roles.
Responding, the elated Senior Officers thanked the Police Service Commission, the Inspector General of Police for finding them worthy of being promoted.
They also appreciated the CP for his hard work and fatherly disposition towards them and the officers and men of the command.
