Man Shoots Brother, Cuts Off Head, Private Part In Dispute Over Palm Fruits

The police in Cross River state have detained a man merely known as Ekapong for allegedly shooting and dismembering his older brother as a consequence of a dispute over palm fruits in Epiebi ward, Ekori in Yakkur Local Government Area.

The deceased’s daughter, Alice, describing to Vanguard the events that led to the incident, said:

“He arrived at the farm, where he saw our father packing palm fruits that he had cut from our family’s palm trees into a bag, before shooting him to death.”
She claimed that her father and her uncle had been arguing over who should harvest the palm fruits in the plantation owned by their late father.

“He had been warning my father to stay away from the palm trees or he would deal with him but my father did not take him seriously, since the palm trees belong to the family,” she said

According to Alice, a hunter who heard the gunshot and assumed one of his friends had killed an animal ran over to join in the fun but noticed something else and called out for help.

She continued that the hunter was excited and ran to open the blood-covered sack next to him only to discover a human skull and private parts.

She claimed that once the hunter shouted for help, other individuals in the nearby bush hurried to the scene, which is how the culprit was caught.

Irene Ugbo, the state police command’s spokeswoman, verified the occurrence and stated that the suspect was currently in custody.

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