Ogun man in detention after stabbing friend to death following argument over $150

A person is in police custody after he stabbed his good friend to demise following an argument over $150.

Suspect Oluwagbemiga Shogbola, 30, and the deceased Victor Olabiyo had been associates however fell out over $150 proceeds of a enterprise deal between them within the Ikenne Native Authorities Space of Ogun State.

Shogbola, aka Oja or Federal, accused Victor of dishonest him and taking all the cash to himself. 

The disagreement degenerated right into a combat between the lads, Punch stories.

Then, at about 8pm on Tuesday, April 3, Shogbola was mentioned to have posted an image of Olabiyo on his WhatsApp standing and tagged it “RIP”.

Shogbola, a suspected Web fraudster, reportedly stabbed Victor to demise by 11pm on the identical day and tried to flee however industrial motorcyclists refused to let him get on their bike due to his blood-stained garments.

A good friend of the deceased noticed Shogbola along with his blood-stained garments and chased him, inflicting the previous to run to the Ilishan-Remo Police Station, the place he handed himself over to the police.

Onyemaechi Onwuzuribe, the good friend of the deceased informed the publication: “Federal was bloodied and I noticed him operating away although I didn’t know that he had stabbed Victor. I knew that they fought earlier that morning over $150 and as quickly as I noticed him operating, I sensed that he should have achieved one thing.

“I grabbed him and simply as I did, I noticed individuals operating after him and crying that he had stabbed Victor to demise. That was once I and others tried to carry him, however he escaped and went to the police. If the boys had caught him, they’d have lynched him.”

The sufferer’s brother, Adebowale Opasanya, mentioned the incident was surprising as the 2 associates had been shut and visited one another typically.

Opasanya mentioned: “Victor’s demise was surprising to us. I’m dazed that his good friend, Federal, was the one who killed him simply due to $150. I had warned him about a few of his associates, however I by no means thought Federal would do that.”