A man took the law into his hands recently at Abinse town, in Guma local government area of Benue state, when he hacked his neighbour to death for allegedly sleeping with his wife.
The middle aged man identified as Benjamin Fakande allegedly killed his neighbour, one Jacob Unumbe, after he caught the deceased in bed with his wife.
Vanguard reports that severally, Benjamin had been accusing his wife of infidelity but whenever he confronted her on the issue, she would deny and threatened to leave his house.
“The man had been accusing his wife of infidelity, but when the rumour became rife for several weeks, the man decided to spy on the wife until he got proof that she was actually having an affair outside her matrimonial home with the deceased.
“He was forced to confront the deceased whom he cautioned to stay away from his wife because he was destroying his marriage, or be prepared to face the consequence of his inglorious acts.
”But from all indications, the duo continued in the immoral act because the rumours were all over the place and this further enraged Benjamin who also pleaded with family members to prevail on his wife, but that did not also yield anything positive.
”Unfortunately, Benjamin caught them in one of their escapades in a neighbour’s house. At that point, the man became confused and grabbed a big stick and chased after the two of them.
“He eventually caught up with Jacob and hacked him down, inflicting severe injuries on his head after which he left him in the pool of his blood.”
Eyewitnesses said Mrs. Fakande raised alarm, which attracted the attention of neighbours who got to the scene of the incident and rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
It was gather that a quick intervention of the Divisional Police officer in Gbajimba prevented the family of the deceased from carrying out reprisal attack on the killer.
Benjamin was later arrested and is currently in Police custody.
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