Mad man kills his 5 brothers

IT was a day of mourning for people of Naka, headquarters of Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State, as a man suspected to be insane murdered five brothers at the town’s earth dam on Sunday.

Irked by the development, the people of the area also unleashed jungle justice on him.

According to eyewitnesses, the suspected mad man, one Edwin Jato, popularly known in the area as Torjor, was said to have been treated at the Psychiatric Department of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi for mental disorder.

The suspected mad man, according to further information, was said to have been alright until last Sunday evening when he asked his brothers to follow him to the dam.

It was further gathered that as soon as they got to the dam, Torjor brought out a cutlass, hacked them to death and fled.

Mr Mike Torkuma, the council secretary said the culprit was later beaten to death by local residents.

Reacting to the report, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ezeala, confirmed the incident and stated that police were investigating the report to ascertain the sanity level of the culprit.

He, however, condemned the use of jungle justice by residents on the culprit.