Two suspects identified as Kayode Ogunwa and Oluwa Femi, are
currently cooling their heels at the State Criminal Investigation
Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, following the stabbing to death of
a hotel attendant, identified as Mr. Otumala Ukama Benson, a
32-year-old, a native of Benue State, over a misunderstanding during
penultimate Sunday English Premiership League, EPL, clash between
Chelsea and Manchester City football clubs.
The incident happened at one of the popular hotels (name withheld),
along Isheri- LASU- Igando Road, near Diamond Estate. The two suspects
were promptly arrested and detained in a cell at the Area ‘M’ Police Command, Idimu, and are now facing murder charge in connection with the incident.
According to a police source, the suspects reside at Diamond Estate, opposite the hotel and drove there to watch the match.
On the fateful day, the hotel, it was gathered, was filled to capacity and some customers who wanted to buy drinks could not get chairs to sit.Customers seeking to buy drinks
This prompted the late Ben to ask those watching the match without
buying drinks to get up and allow those willing to buy drinks to be
seated. The suspects who did not buy drinks refused to vacate their
chairs and this resulted in an argument between them and the late Ben.
The argument later degenerated into a brawl during which one of the
suspects ran to the car and brought a knife with which he stabbed Ben in
the neck.
The hotel attendant, investigations revealed, bled to death from his
wound before he could be rushed to the Igando General Hospital. His body
was later deposited at the Ikeja General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The “Area M” Command, later transferred the case to SCID, Panti, Yaba,
for further investigation.
An eyewitness, who is also one of the managers in the hotel, narrated
the ugly incident to Vanguard Metro thus: “Ben was carrying out the
instruction of the management that anyone who was not buying drinks
should not use the Executive bar but could make
use of the general bar. So Ben approached a group of guys, who were
just occupying the sofa, and asked them to kindly vacate the place as
there were many stranded guests outside who were ready to buy drinks.
“I learnt that this infuriated one of the guys who went after Ben for
daring to ask him get up from his seat. He dealt some blows on Ben and
in defense Ben pushed him away and took to his heels sensing that the
clash might degenerate into a serious fight. But the guy in anger
smashed a glass door with his foot and in the process sustained injury
on the leg with blood dripping from the cut.
Blood drips from injury
“A guy from the group seeing blood dripping from his friend’s leg
went straight to his Honda car with number plate FKJ 436 AH, and emerged
with a sharp knife. I tried to stop him but he threatened to stab me if
I did not move away. I could see the determination to kill in his eyes,
so I quickly stepped aside thinking Ben was still in hiding but not
knowing that he had reappeared.
“Ben was being held by the other members of the group who were asking
him how their friend got his leg wound. At that point Ben was backing
the guy with the knife and the guy went straight for Ben’s neck,
stabbing him so deep that blood started gushing out like tap water.
Ben screamed immediately, holding his neck and trying vainly to
staunch the flow of blood. Failing to stop the bleeding, he ran outside
the gate seeking for help. At this stage, the guy who stabbed him,
realising the gravity of his crime, started saying he didn’t mean to
stab Ben so deep.
“I ran after Ben and soon caught up with him; but he slumped into my
hands, saying, ‘I am going to die’. I assured him that he would not die
as I was taking him to the hospital. We rushed him to Igando General
Hospital where he was pronounced Brought In Dead, BID, that is dead on
arrival. The Police were later contacted and the suspects were arrested
and detained.
“We have contacted the families of Ben, they are on their way to Lagos to pick the corpse for burial in his home town.”
SOURCE: Vanguard Nigeria
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