Newspaper Vendor Clubbed To Death In Calabar

A Newspaper Vendor

A 22-year-old Newspaper Vendor, Monday Francis, was on Thursday clubbed to death in Calabar at a drinking joint near his house.
Reports say he 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.
According to one of their neighbours Godwin, Eno had told his younger brother, Innocent to leave the scene before clubbing the vendor to death. The deceased Godwin said 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 after his brother ran away from the drinking joint, Eno pursued him with a stick and hit him several
times but when the stick broke into pieces, he hurriedly went home and picked a shovel, unknown to Innocent who had at that point went home. While trying to open his door, Eno allegedly hit him 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.
The Grandfather of the deceased Mr. Francis Asagha Etim who hails from Ikot Afagha in Oruk Anang Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, said he was in the house when his grandson was beaten to death.

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