A murder suspect, Ademola Wasiu, has denied that he stabbed his friend, Lekan Omotosho, to death on Lagos Island, Lagos State.
The 21-year-old bricklayer said the
victim was the one who picked a bottle to stab him, adding that during
the scuffle, the deceased fell on the splinters and died from the
injuries.
PUNCH Metro had reported that
Wasiu, an indigene of Osun State, allegedly stabbed the 30-year-old
mechanic apprentice to death on Ajele Street on the Lagos Island for
refusing to charge his telephone.
The victim’s boss, Olayinka Oyinloye,
had said he warned Omotosho against the friendship after he (Omotosho)
was arrested by the police for a crime allegedly committed by the
suspect.
But Wasiu, who had earlier begged for forgiveness, recanted, saying he did not kill the victim.
He explained that he fought the deceased after he challenged him for stopping a man from going to sleep on a construction site.
He said, “I am a bricklayer and I am a
professional at my job. I may be an orphan, but God is my defender. I
don’t know anything about the death.
“Usually, we all sleep at a
construction site and the owner of the building said we should stop
sleeping there. I had stopped going there after I got another
construction work. But once in a while, I buy noodles there.
“On that night, a man attempted to
sleep at the site and I stopped him from going there. But Omotosho, who
saw me, challenged me for stopping the man. He asked why I did not mind
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