The police in Amukoko area of Lagos state have arrested a 15-year-old boy Sodiq Isa, for allegedly beating a one Johnson Adeboye, to death with a stick after a disagreement ensued between the both of them over a noise from a plate. Punch reports that the suspect who is an Arabic pupil had abused the deceased which lead to the fight.
Sodiq said:
I was returning from Arabic school at about 5 p.m that day. The plate I used in taking food to school fell from my hands. I picked it up and went to a shop close by to clean it up.
There was a table in front of the shop; so, I hit the plate on the table to remove the sand inside the plate. Johnson Adeboye was in front of the shop, and he told me that I was making a noise with it.
I told him I was only trying to clean up the sand in the plate. He asked me if I was mad, that why should I be talking to him like that. I responded and told him I was not mad. He warned me that if I continued to talk back at him, he would beat me up. I ignored his threat and walked home.
The suspect added that the victim who was a tricycle (keke marwa) driver, followed him home and continued the threaten him despite attempts from his grand mother to resolve the disagreement.
Johnson came from behind and started beating me. Some people around separated us and he left, but he returned some minutes later to assault me again. People separated us for the second time, but he went to call one of his friends. Both of them started assaulting me.he added.
It was at this point that I felt the urge to defend myself. I picked a stick on the ground and hit Johnson on the head. Immediately, he fell and became unconscious. Neighbors gathered and rushed him to the hospital. But it was too late as he was already dead,
The Police public relations officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Joe Offor, confirmed the incident, adding that his men are currently investigating the case.
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