A man identified as Oruma has been arrested by the Edo state
Police command for allegedly stabbing his 20-year-old friend, Frederick
Eze in the neck, over a N2,000 debt.
According to an anonymous source who spoke to Punch, Frederick had
gone to demand the N2,000 owed him by Oruma. The victim had accosted
Oruma in the Oza area of the state and seized one of his properties for
failing to pay his debts.
An argument was said to have ensued between them which degenerated into a fight.
Oruma then picked up a bottle, broke it and used it to stab the
victim, a native of Ebonyi state, who is an ice cream factory worker in
Benin, in the neck.
Frederick
lost consciousness after losing so much blood. He was
rushed to a private hospital on a wheelbarrow after several cab drivers
declined to take him.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo
State Command, Noble Uwoh, said the argument was between two friends,
adding that the suspect had been arrested.