Guard Murders Recharge Card Seller Over N24,000 Debt
The police at Dolphin Estate Division, Ikoyi, Lagos State, have arrested a security guard who also sells recharge cards for allegedly stabbing his customer to death.
The victim, simply called Benjamin, had gone to demand for the balance of the money the guard was owing him for the recharge cards the deceased sold to him when the incident happened.
The incident occurred at about 9 am at 273B, Corporation Drive, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident said the guard identified as Onuabuchi John, allegedly stabbed the victim in five places on the head and face when the victim who has been supplying him recharge cards came to demand for the balance of N24,000 Onuabuchi was owing him.
The guard, it was learnt, engaged the victim in an argument which soon degenerated to a fight during which he went inside his security post, brought out a kitchen knife and stabbed the victim several times.
The victim slumped and died on the spot.
The guard, it was further gathered, after killing the victim, dragged the corpse underneath the staircase of the office complex.
He covered the corpse with a rug and subsequently stabbed himself to look as if it was a robbery incident.
Nemesis, however, caught up with him when his employer’s shop assistant saw him as he made to escape from the compound the victim’s bag.
She was said to have raised an alarm which attracted neighbours who pursued and caught up with him.
The police at Dolphin Police Station and the DPO SP J. S. Musa were invited. He led his team to the scene of the incident and arrested the suspect.
Items recovered from the suspect, according to a police source, include a kitchen knife and the bag of the victim, containing recharge cards worth thousands of naira and unspecified amount of money.
During preliminary interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to the police of stabbing the victim to death for disturbing him about the N24,000 he was owing him.
“I am from Ebonyi State, a private security guard. The victim Benjamin has been supplying me recharge cards for some months now. I have been faithful in paying him his money without any misunderstanding.
“On the day of the incident, the victim came to demand for the balance of his money and I told him to come back, but instead he started shouting in the compound and a fight broke out.
“In the process, I didn’t know what came over me and I picked a knife and stabbed him till he died.
“I regret my action and I promise not to listen to the voice of the devil in my life if I am set free in this case,” he pleaded.
Suspected Okada Robbers Shot
The police in Lagos State, have arrested two suspected commercial motorcycle (okada) robbers who invaded a shop at Aguda area of Surulere at the weekend.
One of the suspects, who rode the motorcycle, escaped when the police swooped on them.
A gun was recovered from the suspects who were arrested.
The incident took place on Friday when the three men allegedly stormed the shop located at Lateef Erelu Street, Aguda to rob in broad daylight.
Residents in the area were said to have alerted officers of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who promptly stormed the area and shot two of the robbers after little resistance and brought them to the RRS Headquarters at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
A police source said the police acted on a tip-off, saying that one of the suspects escaped when he saw the RRS team.
The police source said the team of RRS was patrolling the area when a call came to them that a robbery operation was going on at Lateef Erelu Street and that the team swung into action and got to the scene on time to arrest the suspects.
The names of the suspected robbers were given as Tiamiyu Fatai Opeyemi, 33, from Abeokuta, Ogun State and Lateef Ajibade.
The suspects were bleeding profusely in the Toyota Hilux van of the police.
One of the suspected robbers, Opeyemi said he had been involved in armed robbery for four years and had dispossessed people of their wares.
As at the time of filing this report, it is doubtful if Opeyemi will survive as he had lost much blood through severe bleeding from the gun shot injuries he and the other suspect sustained during the gun duel with the police.
The police at Dolphin Estate Division, Ikoyi, Lagos State, have arrested a security guard who also sells recharge cards for allegedly stabbing his customer to death.
The victim, simply called Benjamin, had gone to demand for the balance of the money the guard was owing him for the recharge cards the deceased sold to him when the incident happened.
The incident occurred at about 9 am at 273B, Corporation Drive, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident said the guard identified as Onuabuchi John, allegedly stabbed the victim in five places on the head and face when the victim who has been supplying him recharge cards came to demand for the balance of N24,000 Onuabuchi was owing him.
The guard, it was learnt, engaged the victim in an argument which soon degenerated to a fight during which he went inside his security post, brought out a kitchen knife and stabbed the victim several times.
The victim slumped and died on the spot.
The guard, it was further gathered, after killing the victim, dragged the corpse underneath the staircase of the office complex.
He covered the corpse with a rug and subsequently stabbed himself to look as if it was a robbery incident.
Nemesis, however, caught up with him when his employer’s shop assistant saw him as he made to escape from the compound the victim’s bag.
She was said to have raised an alarm which attracted neighbours who pursued and caught up with him.
The police at Dolphin Police Station and the DPO SP J. S. Musa were invited. He led his team to the scene of the incident and arrested the suspect.
Items recovered from the suspect, according to a police source, include a kitchen knife and the bag of the victim, containing recharge cards worth thousands of naira and unspecified amount of money.
During preliminary interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to the police of stabbing the victim to death for disturbing him about the N24,000 he was owing him.
“I am from Ebonyi State, a private security guard. The victim Benjamin has been supplying me recharge cards for some months now. I have been faithful in paying him his money without any misunderstanding.
“On the day of the incident, the victim came to demand for the balance of his money and I told him to come back, but instead he started shouting in the compound and a fight broke out.
“In the process, I didn’t know what came over me and I picked a knife and stabbed him till he died.
“I regret my action and I promise not to listen to the voice of the devil in my life if I am set free in this case,” he pleaded.
Suspected Okada Robbers Shot
The police in Lagos State, have arrested two suspected commercial motorcycle (okada) robbers who invaded a shop at Aguda area of Surulere at the weekend.
One of the suspects, who rode the motorcycle, escaped when the police swooped on them.
A gun was recovered from the suspects who were arrested.
The incident took place on Friday when the three men allegedly stormed the shop located at Lateef Erelu Street, Aguda to rob in broad daylight.
Residents in the area were said to have alerted officers of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who promptly stormed the area and shot two of the robbers after little resistance and brought them to the RRS Headquarters at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
A police source said the police acted on a tip-off, saying that one of the suspects escaped when he saw the RRS team.
The police source said the team of RRS was patrolling the area when a call came to them that a robbery operation was going on at Lateef Erelu Street and that the team swung into action and got to the scene on time to arrest the suspects.
The names of the suspected robbers were given as Tiamiyu Fatai Opeyemi, 33, from Abeokuta, Ogun State and Lateef Ajibade.
The suspects were bleeding profusely in the Toyota Hilux van of the police.
One of the suspected robbers, Opeyemi said he had been involved in armed robbery for four years and had dispossessed people of their wares.
As at the time of filing this report, it is doubtful if Opeyemi will survive as he had lost much blood through severe bleeding from the gun shot injuries he and the other suspect sustained during the gun duel with the police.
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