A teenage boy has reportedly been hacked to death by thieves on a farm trying to harvest yam on his father’s farm in Ikefi village in Igalamela/Odolu LGA of Kogi State.
According to Daily Trust, a resident, Ajibili Achonu, said the incident occurred on Wednesday shortly after the boy arrived at the farm with his father.
Ajibili said, “The boy separated from his father on arriving at the farm and in the process of wandering around he saw a criminal harvesting their yam.
“On spotting the criminal, the boy shouted to alert his father who was a few metres away in another section of the farm.
“The boy continued shouting, “Thief, thief”, running after the criminal, unknown to him that another criminal, was on a tree keeping watch on the environment.
“The second criminal jumped down from the tree, trailed the boy and hacked him to death with a cutlass.”
The father ran home and alerted the community, who trooped out against the suspected criminals who were said to have disappeared.
The corpse of the boy was reportedly deposited in a mortuary at Ajaka, the headquarters of the LGA.
The state police spokesman, SP William Aya, when contacted promised to link up with the DPO of the area to get the details of the incident.