A 27-year-old trader was fatally stabbed by a supposed soldier on Saturday in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, over the cost of a carpet.
After the event, which occurred in the Arakale neighborhood of Akure, some irate local business owners and coworkers of the deceased blocked off the area’s main thoroughfares.
Newsmen were informed by an eyewitness, going by only Chibuka, that the dispute began when the deceased attempted to stop the man from abusing and assaulting a fellow dealer who is a nursing mother over a carpet’s pricing.
According to him, the dead and the “customer” got into a fight as a result of the interference. The ‘customer’ abruptly got off the bike, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed the victim in the stomach.
He said, “The stabbed trader fell to the ground while the ‘customer’ took to his heels upon realising his victim had lost consciousness.” The deceased’s remains have been transported to the mortuary, according to SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the event to reporters.
The PPRO stated, “Yes, the police can confirm that a young man was stabbed by a man who was thought to be a soldier; the command is in contact with the military authority so that the culprit(s) can be identified and arrested.”
