Tears and anguish has befallen the family members of a middle aged man, identified as Chidiebere Christopher Nwoke after he died of snake bite in Umuajata Olokoro, Abia State.
The laborer was bitten on his left hand on Thursday after hitting the snake with his cutlass while clearing a farmland alongside his younger brother.
He was said to have been rushed to a traditional doctor who administered him herbal “antivenom” which proved ineffective, as Nwoke died later in the day.
The weird looking snake has been discovered to be highly venomous Gabon Viper.