Nigeria: 111-Year-Old Blind Woman Set Ablaze in Benue

19 November 2012

Tragedy struck in Adamgbe community of Mbayongo in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue state when a middle aged man identified as Tyoakaa Ijoho set ablaze, in a round hut, a 111 years-old blind woman known as Mama Martha Igyuse Bonka.

This is the second time, in recent time, that pandemonium will break out in Adamgbe community leading to the gruesome death of innocent persons.

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