By Stanley Ekpenyong
It was a tragic end for a middle- aged man in Calabar on Wednesday when the efficacy of bulletproof charm he was testing proved impotent.
Popular as “Email”, the deceased who is said to be a cultist and hard drugs peddler, had asked his girlfriend to shoot him so as to determine the efficacy of the charm which an undisclosed native doctor had earlier administered on him and his gang in the notorious Calabar South axis of the Cross River state capital.
While his gang members had earlier successfully tested the charm, Email elected to hand a gun to his girlfriend and ordered her to shoot him to also prove to his members the charm’s potency.
However, as the lady pulled the trigger at a close range, a volley of bullet hit Email, killing him instantly.
A source privy to the sordid incident recounts what transpired: “The deceased whose real name is not known was simply known as “Email” .He was both a cultist and drug peddler who specializes in the sales of Indian hemp.
He was with a group of his friends at the time of the incident in a compound at Nelson Mandela street, Calabar South, opposite the Assembly of God Church.
At about 11:00 am on the fateful day, the girlfriend passed by the compound of the late boyfriend who was with his group of friends after they had taken local concoctions including native charms against gun shots.
“His friends had tested, and it proved effective, but the deceased young man decided to order his girlfriend to shoot him to test the efficacy of the charm on him.Unfortunately, the gunshot from the girl penetrated and he slumped and died instantly and there was chaos”
Irked by Email’s gruesome, but unexpected death in the hands of his girl friend, his friends descended on the girl with dangerous weapons leaving her battered. She was however, later rescued by the police and taken to a police clinic in Calabar for treatment.
