Heartbreaking: Herdsmen chop off girl's head in Ekit

 Heartbreaking: Herdsmen chop off girl's head in Ekit

An unidentified young herdsman chopped off his girlfriend’s head with Cutlass at IIasa Ekiti in Ekiti East.

The incident which occurred at a streamside yesterday 26th June 2020 in the agrarian community, it is popular known for its huge yams’ market.

The victim who was said to be a very young lady, and of the same tribe with her suspected assailant was attacked beside a stream where she had gone to fetch water with her younger sister.

The assailant was said to have ambushed the lady, grabbed her from behind, while she bent down to collect some water from the stream, held her by the head and chopped it off.

He was said to have took to his heel after the act but was later arrested through the information provided by the younger sister of the deceased who was at the scene of the incident.

Multiple sources in the community including the traditional rulers of the community the Alasa of Ilasa, Oba Ajayi Omolagba revealed that the young lady had been allegedly been betrothed to the suspected assailant as a future wife while she was still a teenager in line with their custom and tradition.