Angry fighter stabs peacemaker to death

A man who attempted to separate two men fighting at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Sunday got stabbed to death.

The deceased, Kunle Abiola was stabbed to death when he tried to make peace between two men fighting.

The man who wielded the killer knife was arrested by policemen from Ajegunle Police Station.

The suspect, identified as Chinonso told policemen that he never meant to kill Abiola, attributing the incident to the handiwork of the devil.

A police source said: “The two men were quarreling over a minor issue which later degenerated into exchange of fisticuffs. The peacemaker, Kunle Abiola came and pleaded with Chinonso to stop fighting. The two men fighting were neighbours to Abiola. He pleaded with both men, but they refused to listen.”

An eye witness, Ibrahim Adeoye said that Abiola never knew that Chinonso would come after him. For reasons yet unknown, the suspect dashed into his apartment and stormed out with a kitchen knife.

Adeoye said: "He stabbed Abiola in the jaw and chest. Some people alerted the police. Chinonso was arrested. Abiola was rushed to the general hospital at Awo-di-ora, in Ajegunle. He however died on the way to the hospital. The doctors confirmed him dead. When the police brought the corpse to the station, every one of us began to cry because the victim was a good man."

Adeoye said that Abiola was a carpenter who had his workshop very close to the Ajegunle Police Station, adding that he was blessed with a wife and a child.

A police sergeant at the station said: "We knew the carpenter. He used to work for us at the station. He was very nice and friendly. We had never heard that he quarreled with anybody before. We pity his family. As for the suspect, he should be prepared to face the full wrath of the law. He said the devil pushed him to perpetrate the act.”