Cameroonian man hacks wife and her alleged lover to death

A Cameroonian man, Joly Tjang, hacked his wife and her alleged lover to death with a machete in Makak, a locality in Nyong, the central region.

It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Monday morning, April 24, 2023.

Tyang, a popular driver on the Maka-Yaounde road, who handed himself over to the military claimed that he caught his wife and the man together.

He then drove to the Eseka Gendarmerie Brigade and surrendered himself to the officers on duty.

During interrogation, he confessed that he hacked the victims to death with a machete and abandoned both corpses by the road.

“Tjang Joly, who is a renowned driver carried out the act on Monday, April 24, 2023, at about 2:03 a.m. after catching his wife cheating with another man. The man murdered his wife with a machete after which he proceeded to murder the alleged lover with the same tool a few minutes later,” a source said.

Authorities are currently investigating the matter.