A 60-year-old herbalist identified as Ani Ikoneto has died after his private part was bitten off and eaten by his dog at number 12, Jebbs Street in Calabar South, Cross Rivers state.
According to his neighbors, the deceased went on a drinking spree on Christmas Eve and returned home drunk.
One of his neighbor named Itoro said;
“When he came back, we had gone to bed but some people were still outside. He went inside his room and slept off without shutting the door and because of too much drink, he excreted on himself.
His dog that was outside smelt the poo and went inside to eat it. In the process, the dog ate his private parts thinking it was meat or part of the excreta.”
The man who was in serious pain raised the alarm, prompting neighbors to rush into his apartment and discover what had happened.
“When we heard him scream, we thought hoodlums had attacked him. But when we got there, we saw that his private part was gone and his dog had blood on its mouth” Itoro said
Due to the excreta that covered his body, the man could not be rushed to the hospital immediately. People had to clean him up first.
“By the time we finished cleaning him of the shit, he was bleeding so much and on the way to the hospital he died” she added
Note that the man who was living alone as his daughters were married and lived away from him. He has since been taken to his village for his funeral.
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