A Newspaper Vendor, Monday Francis, was clubbed to death in Calabar on Thursday at a drinking joint near his house.
The deceased had gone to the local drinking parlour to take some
shots of local gin (Ogogoro) but later had a disagreement with one of
his neighbours whose name was given as Eno who allegedly hit him several
times on the head and neck with a shovel.
One of their neighbours Godwin, said that Eno had told his younger
brother, Innocent to leave the scene before clubbing the vendor to
death. Late Francis poured part of his drinks on Eno before the
assailant hit him with the shovel. The matter was reported at the
Federal Housing Police Station.
He said that after that his brother left the drinking joint Eno was
said to have pursued him with a stick and hit him several times but when
the stick broke into pieces, he hurriedly went home, picked a shovel
and hit Francis on the neck and head with the shovel and he immediately
slumped and died.
Godwin said that it was the elder brother of the assailant, Gabriel
who having seen that Francis had given up the ghost, rushed to the
Federal housing Police Station to inform the police of the incident but
he was detained by the police when they came and saw that Eno had
disappeared to thin air.
Speaking to Saturday Vanguard, the Grandfather of the deceased Mr.
Francis Asagha Etim who is from Ikot Afagha in Oruk Anang Local
Government Area of Akwa Ibom, said he was in the house when his grand
son was beaten to death.