A 30-year-old Aminu Yusuf, has been reportedly killed while trying to settle a fight between two customers in a bar around Volks, in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The fight in which Yusuf unfortunately lost his life was between one 29-year-old Jones Ogelejeme and a yet-to-be identified man.
According to Punch, the two were drinking at the bar when an argument ensued between the two men.
Late Yusuf was said to be at the bar when the argument aggravated into a combat and he had to intervene.
Yusuf was allegedly stabbed in the neck with a sharp object by Ogelejeme who thought the deceased wanted to join forces with the unidentified opponent, the Punch added.
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Yusuf was confirmed dead after he was rushed to the hospital around 11pm last Thursday.
“Jones Ogelejeme stabbed Aminu Yusuf in the neck. He (Yusuf) was rushed to the Trust in God Hospital, in the Ira area of Ojo, for quick medical treatment; he later died,” Punch quoting a source.
Few minutes later, an angry mob descended on Ogelejeme and beat him to a stupor.
“He was also injured and rushed to a hospital, but he did not die. The person that died was the peacemaker,” another source added.
The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID), Yaba, for discreet investigation.
No feedback yet from the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, after he promised to get back to the medium.
Elsewhere, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected armed robber, Olawale Samsudeen, in the Bode Thomas area of the state.
The police spokesman, Ajisebutu, in a statement on Thursday, said Samsudeen was nabbed when he and his gang members attempted to rob a store on Eric Moore Close.
Ajisebutu said, “The victim, however, raised the alarm, which attracted a police anti-crime patrol team on a routine patrol in the area.
“The patrol team, in a swift response, raced to the scene and with the assistance of members of the public arrested the suspect, while two others escaped with the gang’s operational motorcycle.
“Items recovered from the suspect included a locally-made pistol and three cartridges. Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of an armed gang terrorising residents of Bode Thomas, Surulere, and other parts of the state.”
