A farmer Chidiebere Christopher Nwoke, is dead.
According to reports, he died hours after he was bitten by a snake on his farm in Umahia, the Abia state capital, on Friday, February 6.
Nwoke was weeding his farm with his brother when he unknowingly struck a viper snake, which retaliated by biting him on his left hand, Gistreel reports.
The snake bite, reportedly resulted in the swelling of his hand and the victim was taken to an anti-poison native doctor afterwards.
He was said to have been given some herbal drugs, but the drugs did not help him.
Nwoke gave up the ghost as a result of the snake bite and has since been taken to the mortuary.
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