A suspect known only as Okereke has been taken into custody, according to the Ogun State Police Command. Okereke is accused of fatally stabbing his friend Ibere Okorie with a knife following a dispute about a female lover.
When the event happened, Okereke and Okorie had departed Ijebu-Ode on a business trip to Niger State, according to information PUNCH Online obtained on Monday from a police source.
Our correspondent was informed that Okereke and Okorie chose to stay at a motel in Mokwa because of the tension they had experienced during their journey.
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The police claimed that during the two friends’ stay at the hotel, there was a quarrel that seemed to center around a woman who the two friends believed to be their date.
The police claimed that during the heated struggle, Okereke picked up a piece of a broken bottle and placed it in Okerie’s stomach, seriously injuring him.
When hotel staff realized how much damage they had caused, the suspect quickly left the scene and returned to Ijebu-Ode, while the victim was sent to a private hospital in Mokwa.
After learning of the death, the victim’s family reportedly took him to an unidentified Lagos State hospital for additional treatment. Later, the police source claimed, the victim was transferred to the Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital in Ile-Ife, where he was later declared dead on December 13, 2023.
The suspect had already been taken into custody, according to Odutola Omolola, the public relations officer for the Ogun State Police, who was called.
“The deceased has been placed in the morgue.” We have questioned every individual concerned. Odutola said on Monday that the investigation is still ongoing and the suspect is presently being held.