A 23-year-old man, who was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable fury and stabbed a fellow patron to death in a beer parlour, has been arrested in Ogun State.
Taiwo Olatokunbo, now in police custody in Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, ran into trouble after allegedly stabbing one Christian Williams, 32, to death over a bottle of beer.
The suspect got more than the bottle of beer he initially bargained for, after emptying the content and declined payment which resulted to a hot argument between him and the owner of the drinking joint.
As a co-patron in the beer parlour, who witnessed the unnecessary argument, Williams, it was gathered, subtly intervened by asking Olatokunbo to do the needful.
Unknown to Williams that he had incurred the wrath of the apparently high-in-spirit suspect, who ostensibly translated Williams intervention into an affront, the suspect allegedly went for an empty bottle, smashed it, and thereafter stabbed the intercessor on the right elbow joint, resulting in severe loss of blood.
This shocking development took place yesterday, Saturday, October 20, 2018 at No: 4, Ijagun Road, Ijebu-Ode, following which the owner of the shop, Temitayo Adedayo, made a distress call to the police at Igbeba Division.
Disclosing this to Crimepuzzle in a press release, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said “Upon the report, the acting DPO of Igbeba Division, SP Onah Lawrence, led his Anti-Crime men to the scene where the said Taiwo Olatokunbo was promptly arrested.
The victim was quickly rushed to State Hospital, ijebu- Ode, for medical attention but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution of the suspect”, the PPRO stated.