The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the death of a yet-to-be-identified man who was murdered at a drinking joint along Jemeni Street, Abakaliki, the State capital on Monday.
According to THE PUNCH quoting the Commissioner of Police (CP) Aliyu Garba, the incident occurred at a drinking joint – Jemeni street between two men who were drunk, they exchanged argument and in the process one of the them took a bottle and smashed it on the head of the other person (the deceased), he was rushed to the hospital but did not survive.
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Garba said, “The incident happened and victim died. The two of them – both the man that killed the man and the one that died came to the joint together.
“But of course, you should know they were already drunk. The two of them just had little argument in that beer parlour, and one of them took bottle and smashed it on the head of the other person. The incident happened between the two of them.
“The one, whose head was hit with the bottle was rushed to the hospital and he could not survived it.
“By now, I’m sure my men would have arrested the suspect. I’m sure I will be able to give you feedback later.”
However, shedding light on the incident, a source who spoke to the medium said that trouble started when the suspect simply identified as Ayoola who is a food seller at Ekeaba Market attempted hitting the deceased with his car which made him to question his action.
The source said, ”Usually, people do gather at the new joint to eat and drink and that fateful day, the deceased was coming into the joint and the suspect with his car drove recklessly that he almost hit the deceased with his car.
“The deceased became furious and questioned why he should drive in that manner that he almost hit him, the suspect started raising his voice and threatening the deceased.
“In fact, from all indications, it seems both of them might have had issues before now or were already drunk.
“People at the joint were trying to calm the suspect down but he continued threatening the deceased.
“To the amazement of many people, the suspect picked up a bottle and smashed it on the deceased forehead and the young man fell down on the ground.
“Few minutes later, it was realized that the deceased had become motionless and blood gushing out from his mouth and nose. Many of the people there ran away.”
The source stated that shortly after the incident, policemen arrived the scene of the incident and arrested the suspect and took the corpse of the deceased away.