A thirty two years old welder on Sunday night at a popular drinking spot in Lokoja, by Amusement park, simply called Murtala Dare killed one Carpenter by name Lukeman Kabiru, a father of two.
Dare was alledged to have stabbed Lukeman on the neck, and died on the spot.
According to an eye witness account. At about 11:00 pm on Sunday, the said Dare reportedly wanted to fight a call girl for taking a customer behind a building for short service.
Dare was said to have interrupted the sex rump, threatened to beat the call girl, however intervention by Lukeman to stop Dare from being violent, angered Dare who was alledged to have broke a bottle and stabbed Lukeman Kabiru on the neck.
Dare and Lukeman are neighbors, who own shop opposite the notorious drinking spot where call girls used the behind for short time.
The said Dare was alledged to be penchant for collecting fee for the use of the open space for short time.
Yesterday being Sunday at about 11:00pm, makes people wonder what the duo could have been doing around there business premises at that hour of the night.
Meanwhile some aggrieved youths had stormed the workshop of the welder and destroyed his property including big generator over the killing.
Confirming the incident, the Kogi State Police Public Relation officer, (PPRO), DSP William Aya said suspect who was arrested in his hideouts at the back of Total Filling Station is the police custody stressing that investigation into the matter is on.
