The youths of the Ebbaken community in Boje, Boki local government area of Cross River State have beaten two widows to death after accusing them of witches.
Two widows who they identified as Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akom were killed on the morning of Saturday, August 27 by irate youths in the Ebbaken community, a community of about 300 kilometers from Calabar, the state capital, Vanguard reports.
An eyewitness and a son-in-law to one of the windows, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said both women, devoted Catholics, were returning from early morning prayers when the youths accused them of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft.
“They met my mother-in-law within the Church environment. As it was her tradition to weed and clean up the Church vicinity every Saturday immediately after the Morning Mass.
The youths accused her of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft and she denied the allegation.
But they went ahead and beat her severely, ordering her to confess that she is a witch. But her passionate appeal to them that she was innocent fell on deaf ears,” he said.
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He said the other woman, Mrs Rose Akom, was also dragged to join his mother-in-law and inflicted with the same torture, ordering her to confess to allegations that she is a witch.
“They were both tied with strong ropes and beaten in the rain all through the day until they died” he added
He said no arrest had been made and the culprits are walking free in the community.
“That was what happened in this civilised era in this community,” he lamented
The state police command is yet to react to this development.
