By Chinwe Imo-Eze Onwosi
Ayoola, a popular food seller in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital has been arrested by the Police for killing a father of five, Chijioke Nwaji also known as Bond.
The incident which took place on Sunday, at a drinking joint along Jemeni Street, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital according to Eyewitness occurred at about 7pm.
The Voice gathered that a heated argument had ensued between the food seller and the deceased who was a BMW mechanic, which made the Ayoola smash the head of the deceased with a bottle leading to his death.
The source who didn’t want his name in print narrated that trouble stated when the suspect, a food seller at Ekeaba Market attempted hitting the deceased with his car which made the deceased angry.
”Usually, people do gather at the new joint to eat and drink and that faithful day, the deceased was coming into the joint and the suspect with his car drove so rough that he almost hit the deceased with his car.
“The deceased became furious and questioned why he should drive roughly that he almost hit him, the suspect started raising his voice and threatening the deceased.
“Infact, from all indication, 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 head and the young man collapsed.
“Few minutes later, people realized that the deceased was motionless and blood was coming 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.
When contacted the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, confirmed the incident saying that the two men were drunk and exchanged argument at the joint.
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.”he stated
