Dedeigbo Ayodeji
24 year- old Peter Nwala was this morning stabbed to death by tea vendor popularly known as mai shai, in Juba Alaro junction, of Liasu Road, area of Egbe-Idimu, Local Government, a suburb of Lagos State Southwest Nigeria.
Information made available to BlackBox Nigeria by an eyewitness revealed that the decease Peter, Ebonyi indigene, who resides in his father’s house at No,61, Adekunle, Street, off Liasu Road, area of Egbe-Idimu, was gruesomely murdered by tea vendor following a minor disagreement on payment for bread.
Father of the deceased Fidelis Nwala, who spoke to our correspondent, said,” yesterday Peter Nwala, 24year-old, from Ebonyi State went to buy what he will eat around 10 pm from the Tea Seller popularly known as Aboki(mai shai),he bought bread ,tea,fried egg,and Suya,from them ,but noticed that the bread he bought tested bad and told the Aboki that he will not pay for the bread but he will pay for other things he bought, truly he made payment for other things he bought, but refused to pay for the bread as he turned to go ,the Mai Shai signal to the one selling Suya, who brought out Dagger used in cutting Suya ,and Stabbed him from behind.
“Killers of my son must be brought to book, though the Police from Ikotun Divisional headquarters, had summoned their leader popularly known as Seriki, that he must produce the perpetrators, and the Seriki, had also assured that he will produce the perpetrators.”
When Contacted The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ikotun, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Emmanuel Onnah, said,” we have been at the scene of the Crime, we have been there to calm the situation, we have been there since morning and the situation is calm