A man identified as Amber Ubung, who macheted his lover for failing to show up at his place on Valentine’s Day has been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command.
According to Vanguard, the state commissioner of police, Gyogon Grimah, said the suspect was arrested in Ikom.
The spokesperson said Ubung attacked his lover when she refused to visit him after giving her N7000 to make her hair for Valentine’s Day.
He said, “on the 17th of February, at about 10:00 hours, some community leaders from Okuni in Ikom Local Government Area reported at Ikom Area Command that one Amber Ubung, aged 30 years, of the above community, gave his girlfriend, Blessing Onawu 25, the sum of seven thousand naira (N7,000) to make her hair and thereafter visited him the next day being February 14, 2024 (Valentine’s Day).
“After waiting patiently, the said lady did not show up. The suspect, armed with a machete, went to the dwelling house of Blessing Onawu, attacked her, and gave her several machete cuts all over her body with the intent to kill her.
“In an attempt by the victim’s mother to rescue her from the bloody Amber, he in turn used the same machete to inflict various degrees of machete cuts on her.
“In a swift response, a team of policemen were mobilised to the scene, and the suspect was arrested with the machete. The suspect was transferred to SCID for a discreet investigation and diligent prosecution as soon as the investigation is concluded. Meanwhile, the victims are receiving treatment in different hospitals.”
Speaking with journalists, the suspect, Amba Ubung, who is a farmer, corroborated what the commissioner said, but stated that he carried out the dastardly act under the influence of alcohol.
