How Abuja-based engineer stabbed friend to death in Ogun

An Abuja-based computer engineer has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his friend to death following an argument at a bar in Agbado, Ogun State.

It was gathered that the suspect, Oladeji Hamzat, had arrived the bar late for the birthday party of another friend identified as Owoseni when he was confronted by the deceased, identified as Bayo.

Bayo was said to have confronted Hamzat for greeting friends he met at the bar one after another and not according him the regard he gave other friends. This confrontation reportedly led to the disagreement and Hamzat allegedly stabbed Bayo, said to be his childhood friend, with a broken bottle.

The deceased was confirmed dead at Ifako-Ijaiye General Hospital, Lagos.

When the suspect was arrested, he said, “I am a computer engineer and work in Abuja. I arrived here (Ogun State) on Thursday to visit my parents who live in Adiyan, in Ifo LGA, and I lodged in a hotel at Agbado. On Friday, I attended Owoseni’s birthday. He (Bayo) came to where I was sitting and asked me where I had been all the while. I could not remember where I knew him.

“He came to meet me again and his friends cautioned him and said that was how he misbehaved whenever he was drunk. It was like he was looking for trouble. He confronted me again, smashed a bottle and attempted to stab me.

“I used my hand to block him and I started bleeding in the hand. I rushed outside and people started beating me. That is all I know. I do not know how he was stabbed in the neck,” the suspect said.