A 42-year-old man, Alli Mustapha, a petty trader is
cooling-off in Police net for allegedly killing one of his customers, Idowu
Maliki, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The Niger State indigene was alleged
to have sold a stick of cigarette to the deceased on Saturday, March 7, which
the latter refused to pay for.
Punch reports that when the victim returned to the shop some
minutes later, an argument ensued between him and the suspect. In the ensuing
scuffle, Mustapha hit Maliki’s head with a long stick and he slumped. Efforts
to revive him failed as he was later confirmed dead at the Igando General
Hospital.
Mustapaha admitted to committing the crime, adding that the
deceased had first hit him.
He said, "I don’t know the man’s name, but he comes to my
place to buy things. On the fateful day, he came to buy a stick of cigarette.
He did not pay for it. He returned few minutes later and wanted to enter my
shop. I refused to allow him. But as I tried to stop him, he took a stool and
hit me with it. Then he started looking around for other things to hit me and
that was when I quickly grabbed a long stick which I usually kept in my shop to
protect myself, and hit his head with it."
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