Labourer machetes employer to death over kola nut theft in Ondo

A 60-year-old farmer has been murdered by her labourer in Laoso community, along the Laje Camp axis of Ondo West Local Government Area, Ondo State. The attack followed allegations that the labourer had stolen kola nuts from the deceased’s farm.

Local sources revealed that after being caught stealing the kola nuts, the labourer pleaded with the victim, Mrs Adelugba, not to report him. According to village tradition, anyone caught stealing faces banishment from the…