Man Burned Alive For Beheading Woman In Delta 

Man Burned Alive For Beheading Woman In Delta 

A Mob has set ablaze one man identified as Egholor for allegedly beheading an aged woman over land matters in Ukpiovwin community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.

 

The suspect was said to have killed the woman at her farm.

 

According to reports, the woman went to the farm, but did not return by sunset. Worried by the development, her children went in search of her, only to find her headless body in the bush. The incident triggered the youth vowed to fish out the culprit. It was learnt that one of the woman’s children recalled that the mother had been having a land dispute with the suspect who had on several occasions threatened to kill her if she refused to leave the land.

 

Armed with this information, a mob reportedly marched to the suspect’s home, where he (Egholor) was said to have confessed to the crime after much interrogation.

 

Angered by his confessions, the mob reportedly pounced on him, as well as set him and his properties ablaze.

 

Spokesman of the Delta Police Command, Superintendent of Police Bright Edafe did not take a call, nor did he respond to a message requesting confirmation of the incident.

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