Cultists wipe out three brothers from same family in Awka
Suspected cultists on Friday afternoon killed a man identified as Nonso in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
Nonso the third son in a family of three sons is said to have lost two of his brothers earlier in similar incidences attributed to cultism.
A source said Nonso was killed in broad daylight on Friday afternoon near Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, which is popularly known as Amaku.
According to a close family source, Nonso’s killing is linked to the murder of his younger brother, Buchi, who was felled three months ago around MacDon Eatery.
Their eldest brother had also met a brutal end in a previous attack the source said. This chain of incidents leaves their mother without a child.
Awka has recently been a hotbed for cult-related killings, with 16 recently killed in Nibo and seven more in the Ifite Awka area.
Peoplesmind