A young man identified as Ebafor, 25, on Tuesday died in mysterious circumstances at a hospital in Igarra, Edo State.
An eyewitness who narrated the ‘see money’ incident said the deaths seemed like a case of money ritual gone wrong.
The source said, “Ebafor [surname withheld] was with his aunty on Monday night drinking around 9 pm when he suddenly started shouting; ‘Ah! see money, plenty, money! Alex you are a bad friend, a bad friend.’
“He started behaving hysterically, so, they were trying to calm him down but he started vomiting blood and that is how he was rushed to the hospital.
“They got to the hospital at about 10 PM and as the doctor was doing preliminary checks, he started shouting Alex’s name in the hospital again; so, they wondered if it was the Alex he was mentioning that poisoned him.”
As of the time of filing this report, the police are said to have evacuated the corpse but that the Igarra community insisted that they remove the charms discovered in their houses.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of Edo State Police Command, Bello Kontongs said he was yet to get a full briefing of the incident.
