SAD!!! Man Burnt Alive In Calabar for Robbing a Woman of Her Pot of Soup

Yesterday morning a man was burnt alive in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after being butchered beside the fence of the Atu Secondary School along Goldie Street for allegedly robbing a woman of her pot of soup while two of his accomplices luckily escaped.


The Victim in the company of two others are alleged to have attacked the woman in the wee hours of Sunday at No 3, Mayne Avenue Extension in Calabar South.

The robbers were attracted by the aroma from the soup the woman was warming to eat with her children before attending the early morning mass at the nearby St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. They decided to cart the pot of soup away.

A Neighbor who lives in the same premises with the lady said as the robbers were about to get out of the compound with the pot of soup, the woman raised alarm prompting neighbors to go after them, sadly for the one carrying the pot of soup he was caught and dealt several machete cuts before being set ablaze.

A witness who spoke in anonymity had this to say: “It was almost dawn when the boys attacked the woman and carried her pot of soup and when they were about getting out of the compound, she raised alarm and people came out and pursued them and caught up with this one”.

Another witness said this:

“This is not the first time they have come to our compound to steal. Last week they removed the car battery of one of our neioghbours and once night falls, they waylay people, especially ladies around Goldie by Atu and snatch their handbags and phones”.