Man set ablaze for stealing pot of soup

Man set ablaze for stealing pot of soup

In Calabar, Cross River State capital, yesterday,a young man butchered  and set the remains on fire beside Atu Secondary School fence along Goldie Street, for allegedly robbing a woman of a pot of soup preparing for the family. The  two accomplices of this young man escaped.


The man, in the company of two others, were alleged to have attacked the woman at Mayne Avenue Extension in Calabar South.

They were allegedly attracted by the aroma of the soup the woman was making for her family’s breakfast before heading for early morning mass at nearby St. Bernard’s Catholic Church.

A man, who lives in the same compound with the lady, said as the robbers were about to get out of the compound with the pot of soup, the woman raised the alarm, prompting neighbors to go after them. They caught up with the one carrying the pot of soup was dealt with several machete cuts before setting him ablaze.

An eyewitness said: “It was almost dawn when the boys attacked the woman and carried away her pot of soup. When they were about getting out of the compound, she raised alarm and people came out, pursued and caught up with one.”

He said the boy was not able to run as fast as his accomplices because of the pot of soup he refused to drop.

The eyewitness told the press: “that they have being doing that coming to that compound to steal. Last week, they removed the car battery of one of our neighbors and again one time  night falls, they waylay people, especially ladies, around Goldie by Atu and snatch their young lady handbags and phones almost all the time.”

At press, there was no sign of security agents in the area, while the burnt body was still lying by Atu Secondary School fence.