FILE: Edo State Police Command spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem

A 30-year-old decorator, Esohe Aigbe, has been hacked to death in Benin, Edo State, by unidentified persons after she reportedly went to assist a friend at a funeral decoration venue.

Saturday PUNCH gathered on Friday that the victim went to Ojo Street in Ogida Quarters, Benin City, on May 27 to help decorate a funeral venue.

It was learnt that Aigbe had completed her job and was still at the venue when she was attacked with a machete by yet-to-be-identified persons.

A source said the attackers fled the scene immediately after the assault.