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| Late Yaya |
SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt that the incident occurred at Ikonne’s
residence on Afro Close, Afromedia Estate, Okokomaiko, Lagos.
Our correspondent learnt that Ikonne sold
electronic appliances at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos.
It was learnt that the victim, 22-year-old Yaya,
from northern Nigeria, had gone to Ikonne’s apartment to buy a fairly used air
conditioner. Yaya, it was said, usually bought and re-sold condemned iron and
electrical materials.
Our correspondent gathered that Ikonne, 26, from
the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, had gone to Alaba
market on the morning of Friday, October 10, where he first met Yaya.
Ikonne had also reportedly invited the deceased
to his house to buy his second-hand air conditioner.
When they got to the house, it was said that the
two of them went inside a room to bring out the commodity, and they started
haggling over the price.
It was gathered that Yaya insisted on buying the
air conditioner below N5, 000- a price which did not go down well with Ikonne.
As the haggling continued, a fight was said to
have ensued between the two which turned violent during which Ikonne allegedly
hit Yaya with a plank in the belly.
During interrogation, the suspect explained that
he had asked Yaya to either pay N5, 000 or assist him to return the commodity
to where they brought it from but Yaya had refused. Ikonne added that he felt
insulted by this attitude.
He said, “I had not met the young man before. I
met him that morning at the Alaba market, and asked him to buy one of my
appliances: an air conditioner. He actually looked like a cart pusher. When we
got home, we both went in to remove the product, and we brought it outside for
negotiation.
“As we continued, he said he would pay less than
N5, 000. I replied that he should assist me to return it to where we took it
from, but he refused. In the process, we started fighting. He even asked me to
pay him for helping me bring it out. I was mad, and I hit his belly with a
plank.
“When I realised he had fainted, I tied him with
a rope and dragged him into a corner. I also fled the house.”
Our correspondent gathered that it was one of
Ikonne’s co-tenants who noticed Yaya’s corpse where he was tied up.
He then raised the alarm, and reported the case
to the Okokomaiko police station. The policemen later came to arrest Ikonne.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said he would call our correspondent back on the matter. He,
however, had yet to do so as of press time.
Meanwhile, our correspondent gathered that Ikonne
had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, and
he would be charged to court soon.
Punch
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