Correspondence from Eastern Region A 30-year-old man identified as Samuel Otu has been lynched at Sawer, a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region.
Residents of the town are in shock after discovering the body of Otu, a tricycle operator with his tricycle (pragya) set ablaze by his assailants beside him in the early hours of Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Information gathered by 's Eastern Regional Correspondent, Michael Oberteye, showed that the deceased, who hailed from Okperpiem, a Somanya suburb, was murdered at 2.30 am on Saturday by unknown individuals who stripped him naked in the process.
Police sources disclosed that a distress call to the Somanya police station was received from the scene at around 2.45 am.
