A middle-aged man identified as Emma Orji was on Wednesday flogged to death in Bende area of Abia state for committing adultery with a housewife.

Adultery is reportedly viewed as a sacrilege in Alayi and it attracts some punishment including flogging the man in question in public.

It was gathered that the housewife had left her husband’s house under the guise of going on a brief visit to her parent’s village, but she was found copulating with Orji three days after she left her husband.

Angry youths from the community allegedly whisked Orji away for the punishment, but he was found dead the following day.

The relatives of the deceased were said to have set the home of the man, who spearheaded the killing on fire and burnt his car and household items.

The Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, on Security Matters, Captain Awa Udensi (retd.), who visited the community, condemned the gruesome killing of the deceased by youths in the area.

The Chairman of the Bende Local Government Council, Chief Gabriel Elendu, also visited the community in company with the Divisional Police Officer condemned the act.

Elendu said those involved in the murder of Orji and the those who set the house of the suspect ablaze would face the wrath of the law.