Irate youths from Ikot Abasi in Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross RivervState, on Tuesday night, set an herbalist, Ette Okon Friday, ablaze for allegedly slashing the throat of his tenant who was also a motorcyclist (okada) known as Itoro Titus, after a misunderstanding.
A relative of the slain okadaman, trouble started when Itoro's wife, Ndarake, took ill a week ago after delivering a child that died some hours later.
He was seeking a cure to her ailment, when his landlord said he could help. “On Tuesday morning, my cousin’s wife had epileptic seizures and his landlord said he could treat it. So Itoro went to
his mother from whom he obtained N5,000, then gave the money to the landlord to treat the woman.”
The herbalist collected the money,
he assured the deceased that his wife would get well soon.
When Itoro returned from work at about 11p.m., he found his wife in a worse condition, and demanded to
know from his landlord, why his wife's condition was not improving.
According to a source, “Last year, Itoro lost his first wife after she gave birth to their second daughter. So he was worried that his second wife, who is taking care of the two children, was going to diev
again.
“He asked the herbalist why his wife was getting worse, when she ought to be improving since the man had been given the money he demanded.
“The man did not say anything. He simply wentvinside his shrine, brought out a machete and cut
Itoro’s throat.”
Youths in the area said when they heard shouts of pain on Tuesday night, they rushed to the herbalist’s house, the direction the shout came from, and met Itoro in a pool of blood.
He said the herbalist threatened them with the blood-soaked machete, which got the youths angry. He said they held him, cut his
throat, dumped him inside the shrine and set the place ablaze.
He said: “His body has been eaten by dogs, which he deserves because we cannot understand why he should kill a young man for asking why the state of his wife, who he was treating, was getting worse rather than improving.”
A relative of the slain okadaman, trouble started when Itoro's wife, Ndarake, took ill a week ago after delivering a child that died some hours later.
He was seeking a cure to her ailment, when his landlord said he could help. “On Tuesday morning, my cousin’s wife had epileptic seizures and his landlord said he could treat it. So Itoro went to
his mother from whom he obtained N5,000, then gave the money to the landlord to treat the woman.”
The herbalist collected the money,
he assured the deceased that his wife would get well soon.
When Itoro returned from work at about 11p.m., he found his wife in a worse condition, and demanded to
know from his landlord, why his wife's condition was not improving.
According to a source, “Last year, Itoro lost his first wife after she gave birth to their second daughter. So he was worried that his second wife, who is taking care of the two children, was going to diev
again.
“He asked the herbalist why his wife was getting worse, when she ought to be improving since the man had been given the money he demanded.
“The man did not say anything. He simply wentvinside his shrine, brought out a machete and cut
Itoro’s throat.”
Youths in the area said when they heard shouts of pain on Tuesday night, they rushed to the herbalist’s house, the direction the shout came from, and met Itoro in a pool of blood.
He said the herbalist threatened them with the blood-soaked machete, which got the youths angry. He said they held him, cut his
throat, dumped him inside the shrine and set the place ablaze.
He said: “His body has been eaten by dogs, which he deserves because we cannot understand why he should kill a young man for asking why the state of his wife, who he was treating, was getting worse rather than improving.”
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