ISANG "MARITES" PINATAY NG FARMER

 Farmer kills brother for gossiping about him.

By Evelyn Usman Twenty-seven -year old Livinus  Michael  Eweje, is cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID of the Ogun State Police command, for allegedly killing his cousin during a fight in Oloru village.

He is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison, except the court states   otherwise.

The course of his life endeavor took a sad twist on July 21,2021, after he landed his fist on the cousin,  Emmanuel Eba, during a fight, causing him to slump.

 

Unfortunately, Emmanuel did not recover from that attack, as he was confirmed dead  at  the General hospital in the Odeda area of the state.

Since then, Micheal has been into hiding until he was arrested recently.

 

In this interview with Crime Guard, the Benue State- born suspect expressed regrets over his action, wishing he could be given another opportunity to right his wrong.

Recalling the genesis of the misunderstanding  that degenerated into a fight with his late cousin, the secondary school dropout said “I am from Obi Local government area of Benue state. After  I dropped out of school , I became  a full time farmer. My parents are farmers and we were born and brought up in Ogun state.

 

“ Later, I started my own farm. I cultivate yam, cassava, tomatoes and pepper.  I also help other farmers for a fee. We collect as much N50,000 to clear at least five  plots of land.

“Emmanuel was my paternal  relative.  We grew up together in Oloru village.Our relationship was smooth until a few months back  when  I started hearing rumors that I was not  clearing my client’s farmland properly .  Normally when one  gets a  contract to clear a field or weed, the owner  pays an advance fee. I later realized that   my contractors started  insisting  that I finish the entire work before I get paid.

 ” Even  when I argued that it was not possible because I needed to feed and pay for transport, they insisted. I later found out that it was Emmanuel that was busy spreading falsehood against me.

“I confronted him and even reported him to our elders. I thought he would stop but he didn’t.