In a fight over palm fruits, a man shoots his older brother in Cross River and then chops off his head and private parts.

After an argument over palm fruits in the Epiebi ward of Ekori in the state's Yakkur Local Government Area, the police in Cross River state detained a guy simply known as Ekapong for reportedly shooting and dismembering his older brother.

 

The deceased's daughter, Alice, described to Vanguard what happened that resulted in the horrific murder.

“He went to the farm and met our father packing palm fruits, which he cut from our family palm trees into a bag and shot him dead.''

 She said her father and her uncle have been quarreling over who should harvest palm fruits in their late father’s plantation. 

 “He has 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, saying 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 bushes and fields 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.