Armed men suspected to be cultists have reportedly shot dead an unidentified man and beheaded him at a drinking joint in Aba, Abia State.
An eye witness account revealed that the men numbering four stormed the drinking joint in Georges Street by St. Michael’s road junction in a tricycle.
The men were said to have shot the deceased thrice, beheaded him with a machete and fled the scene.
It was gathered that people at the joint out fear scampered to safety fled in different directions, leaving the deceased in a pool of blood.
The eye witness, who pleaded anonymity, said: “The deceased had received a telephone call from someone whom he directed to the drinking joint. Few minutes after the call, the gunmen arrived in a tricycle and shot him thrice and cut off his head. Before leaving, they fired sporadic shots into the air.”
Also, a business owner near the joint, said nobody knew the reason for the killing but “we suspected cult violence.”
Speaking under the condition of anonymity, he said: “The drinking joint was filled with people enjoying themselves until there was a gunshot. Nobody knew where it came from, but everybody scampered to safety. When I returned to close my shop, I saw a man lying in a pool of blood and they cut off his head. The police later came and took his corpse away.”
