the Eggon tribe against the Alago, took
a frightening turn after two Eggon
men, said to be brothers, were
beheaded. Peter Abaku, 32, and his
brother, James, 28, both refugees in
Lafia, the state capital, as a result of
the conflict in Nasarawa, were said to
be returning to Obi in Eggon area,
where they had lived, to move their
properties when they were ambushed
by some Alago men. The incident,
according to report, happened on
Monday. The Abaku brothers died a
horrifying death. An eye witness, who
accompanied them on the ill-fated trip
but escaped, said the assailants tied
the victims to a tree, plucked out their
eyes, removed their hearts before
beheading them. An Eggon youth
leader, who spoke anonymously to
Sunday Vanguard in Lafia, said he and
some of his kinsmen visited the scene
of murder in the company of Nasarawa
State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Abubakar, and met the two brothers
dead and tied to a tree with parts of the
bodies removed. According to him, the
police commissioner pleaded with
them not to allow the matter get out of
hand by taking the law into their
hands."It was such a horrible sight
seeing two brothers killed and parts of
their bodies removed", the youth
leader lamented. The bodies were said
to have been taken to Dalhatu
Specialist Hospital, Lafia but were later
released by the police to relations and
buried in Tudun Gwandara on Tuesday.
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