A middle-aged man, Michael Okoro, has burnt himself to death after a misunderstanding with his sister at Ufuogene, Umudomi, Onicha Igboeze in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Okoro reportedly drenched his body in kerosene and set himself on fire. A witness and resident of the area, Sylvester Eze, said Okoro had a misunderstanding with one of his sisters.
He said: “Okoro had a serious misunderstanding with one of his sisters to the extent that he brought out a machete to kill her but the girl fled. “In anger, the man came back, grabbed a keg of kerosene, emptied it on his body and instantly lit a match on himself.”
Eze added that some people raised the alarm but before people got to the scene to assist Okoro, he had sustained a high degree of burns.
He said Okoro was rushed to Onicha General Hospital but was referred to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. According to him, as the family members were busy making arrangements on how to take him to the hospital, Okoro gave up the ghost.
Another resident of the area, who gave her name simply as Nkemdilim, claimed that Okoro had a mental problem and was always found with the highest currency denomination.
