Mrs Oghale Napoleon, a 40-year-old woman, was reportedly decapitated while working on her farm in Owodokpokpo-Igbide, Delta State’s Isoko South Local Government Area.
According to the PUNCH Metro, the deceased’s husband, who was also attacked by the gunmen, escaped with bullet wounds.
The deceased woman, according to a Facebook post by Umeh Needs Road, “went to the farm with her husband who escaped with bullet wounds, and she was brutally murdered and beheaded at Owodokpokpo-Igbide”.
The post read in part, “It is no longer news that Okpolo-Enhwe launched an unwarranted and gruesome attack on innocent Igbide farmers on Thursday, 23 December, 2021. The security operatives, government officials, and IDU as well, have all been notified of this attack.
“The aggression from Okpolo-Enhwe on Thursday 23rd December 2021 took everyone by surprise because in recent times there has been rapprochement of some sorts, including marriages and social visits, between both communities.
“On that fateful day, the warmongers from Okpolo-Enhwe went to our bushes and ambushed an innocent couple on their farm. While the husband escaped the onslaught by a whisker with severe gun injuries, his wife, Mrs Lucky Napoleon, fell to their bullets; and was beheaded. This is most callous and heinous.
“It must be noted that just like all previous attacks from them, this was also unprovoked and took everyone by surprise because, as mentioned earlier, there has been visits between both communities. The sad incident took place just a stone’s throw from Owodokpokpo Grammar School, Igbide.”
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, could not be reached for comment on the incident as of the time of filing this report.