Two suspected cultists died a terrible death after
a rival cult group hacked them to death. The
assailants used axe to cut the victims head after
bullet refused to penetrate one of the victim's
body.
a rival cult group hacked them to death. The
assailants used axe to cut the victims head after
bullet refused to penetrate one of the victim's
body.
Two men were brutally hacked to death in Calabar
yesterday by suspected suspects in a most
gruesome manner. It was gathered that the first
man was killed in the early hours of the day at
Etagbo /Akim Road junction close to the University
of Calabar exit gate when he was hacked savagely
with axes and left in a pool of his own blood
where he eventually bled to death.
yesterday by suspected suspects in a most
gruesome manner. It was gathered that the first
man was killed in the early hours of the day at
Etagbo /Akim Road junction close to the University
of Calabar exit gate when he was hacked savagely
with axes and left in a pool of his own blood
where he eventually bled to death.
On the same day, another was killed at about
5.00n pm along Mayne Avenue/Palm Street when
a gang of six young men chased after the young
man whose name was given as Emmanuel Abuchi,
a native of Ohafia, Abia State, from his residence at
Murray Street through several streets down to
Mayne Avenue where they caught up with him.
Narrating how the incident happened an
eyewitnessed said: "The man ran towards Mayne
Avenue/Palm Street where the Quick Intervention
Squad station is but when he got here they were
not here and he was obviously too tired to continue
to run so he jumped on a ‘Kek Napep’ but the boys
caught up with him and started shooting at him and
when the bullets could not enter his body, they used
axes to butcher his head."
It was gathered that Abuichi was belonged to a
rival cult group where he is known a “hit man”.
His body was evacuated by the police from the
Atakpa police station and taken to the General
Hospital Calabar mortuary at about 6:18pm.
