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.