ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Tragedy has occurred occurred in Olum community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, as a young man Ideas Emmanuel reportedly hacked his friend, Akwande, to death with a machete.
A friend to both the assailant and the victim, Patrick Osang, who also an eyewitness to the incident, disclosed that the incident occurred where the three of them went to farm to make daily living.
According to him, after they had completed the portions allotted to them, they sat down to rest and take some refreshments, Vanguard reports.
“After the work, Emmanuel brought out his pawpaw and was eating, while Akwande was sucking oranges.
“I left the two of them and went to cut palm fruits. I did not hear any quarrel or exchange of words, but when I came back I saw Akwande lying in a pool of blood with a deep cut on his neck.
“I asked Emmanuel what happened. He did not say anything, but attacked me with his matchet,” the third friend said.
He said both of them then engaged in a knife fight, but none of them sustained any cut owing to the “odeshi” on their bodies.
“We fought with our knives, but the knives could not penetrate our bodies because of the juju inside both of us.
“But I was able to over power him and dragged him to the village,” he added.
Narrating further, Osang said three of them are from Obudu and went to Boki to clear forests for farmers to earn daily pay.
“We are friends from Obudu and came to Boki to work for daily pay.
“We have been living peacefully until Saturday afternoon, when Emmanuel killed Akwande.”
When contacted, Ms Irene Ugbo, the Cross River Police spokesman said she was yet to be briefed on the matter.