A middle-aged woman allegedly raped by suspected herdsmen to coma on a farmland at Ebenebe in Anambra State’s Awka North local government area has reportedly died in her home state of Ebonyi.
The woman, whose name was given from Abakaliki local government area as Agnes Okekpe, was hired by a community farmer to harvest some crops in their farmland. In December 2019, while working at the farm, two herdsmen who came with herds of cattle raped her up until she lost consciousness.
She was later taken to her state for treatment by her relations where she had died recently.
Ebenebe’s president-general, Mr. Paul Nnatuanya, while narrating the story, said that the plight of the woman is no different from what his people had witnessed, in addition to the devastation of farmlands by alleged herdsmen.
He said: “The information we got from Ebonyi State was that Agnes has died. After she was raped to coma, our people took her to the hospital where she was revived. She died as a result of the trauma she suffered.
“After she was discharged from the hospital, she travelled back to her place in Ebonyi State; perhaps, to continue treatment there.
“She didn’t continue with the business she came for.
“Her colleague who was able to escape said that before the rape, the herdsmen hit the woman with a log of wood, which made her weak and unable to raise the alarm.
“The herdsmen also took the money the woman tied on the her wrapper and it was the victim’s colleague who found her lying helplessly on the farm, that ran back to the town to alert the residents. When the villagers stormed the scene, she was already lying unconscious on the ground.”