Nigerian police arrested a 19-year-old man, Abraham Bepeh, for allegedly killing his friend, Richard Mashok, in a disagreement over a girl.
Bepeh claimed that Mashok was a cultist who attempted to eliminate him over a girl, Miss Anna Ushie, a student of Immaculate Secondary School in Ohong.
It was learnt that Bepeh was a JSS3 dropout, while the deceased, who had a certificate in education, was a teacher at the school.
Apparently some traditional chiefs and community leaders had earlier intervened in the matter, fining Mashok a live goat, and Bepeh two cartons of beer to end the rift but that did not solve the matter as the accused insisted that they must slug it out physically.
As fight ensued between the two, Bepeh reportedly brought a dagger and stabbed the deceased on his neck after which he fled.
Mashok died on the way to Obudu General Hospital.
Bepeh who was arrested when he attempted to sneak into his apartment to pick some of his most valuable properties two days after the incident.
- Punch
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