60-Year-Old Man Allegedly Stoned To Death By Church Members in Ebonyi

A sixty-year-old man, Philip Ugwu has been confirmed dead
after he was stoned by worshipers of a church in Afikpo LGA
in Ebonyi state.
Abani Ugwu, the wife of the deceased reported the matter to
the police and Tochukwu Okoh, an evangelist, had been
arrested in connection with the incident.
The victim, who is popularly called Boxer or Coach, had
argued with the church worshipers in a new generation church
over the attention of a fence to demarcate their lands.
One thing led to another and it wasn’t long before Mr. Okoh
and three others attacked her husband with stones, Abani
said.
“We heard Boxer’s wife screaming that her husband had been
attacked by some worshipers and before we could get to the
scene, he was lying unconscious,” a witness said.

“He was immediately rushed to the hospital but his wife
identified one of the attackers still with a stone who was
immediately apprehended and handed over to the police.
“The victim’s wife explained that he had purchased and built
on the parcel of land even before the church came to lay
claim over it,” a witness who preferred anonymity said.
The witness said that the matter had previously been reported
to the traditional council during which the head pastor of the
church, still at large, was invited.