Mechanic Brutally Stabs Friend to Death for Urinating Near His Shop (Photo)

A man has brutally stabbed his friend to death over a most flimsy excuse which led to a bitter and violent scuffle.

Place where the murder took place (Photo:Punch)

 

It was panic and confusion at the park of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners in the Berger, Mile 2 area of Lagos on Wednesday after a mechanic identified as Oshare stabbed his friend to death and injured many others for urinating near his shop.

 

According to Punch, trouble started in the park around 11am on Tuesday between Oshare and the friend, identified as Rasta. Rasta urinated near the shop and Oshare was angry that he messed up the area. As Rasta tried to explain and calm him down, he angrily slapped him leading to a violent scuffle.

 

In the ensuing struggle, the mechanic grabbed two bottles, broke it and stabbed the friend in the neck. As people attempted to disarm him, he went on rampage injuring others in the process. 

 

Rasta reportedly bled from his injuries and he was rushed to a hospital for treatment. He, however, died before he could get help.

 

A trader, Mrs. Ufom Benedict, said she tried in vain to prevail on Oshare when he rushed into her shop, looking for a knife.

 

According to a trader, Mrs. Ufom Benedict she witnessed all that happened and gave graphic details. She said,“Both of them are mechanics and friends. He confronted Rasta for urinating near his shop and it led to a fight. Oshare rushed to my shop with two bottles in his hands, asking me to give him a knife. He was so angry that he was shaking. I pleaded with him to let peace reign, but he refused and left when I did not give him the knife.

“He chased Rasta around the park until he stabbed him to death in the neck and back. He also attacked those who wanted to collect the bottles from him. I have never witnessed such thing before. It was as if he was possessed.”

 

A resident of the area, Tayo Agboola, who witnessed the incident, called on the police to prosecute the mechanic.

“I am surprised a human being could be so vicious that he stabbed somebody he called his friend to death. I doubt if he will survive his own injuries and if he does, he should be made to spend the rest of his life in prison. The friend was not the only person that urinates in the place. He must have been keeping malice with him,” he said.

 

Speaking on the matter, Chairman of the park, Mr. Martins Animashaun, revealed that traders in the park contributed to the matter by not intervening before things went out of hand.

 

He said, “There was problem between two friends. Along the line, one died and the other one was rushed to the hospital. They are not our members. I was in the office yesterday (Tuesday) when I saw people running around and I called the police. They are still investigating the matter.

 

“Here is a state government-owned park and it is porous. If it is secured, we can manage people inside it. When we leave in the evening, some miscreants come here to sleep. This place is solely earmarked for a park, but along the line, the local government allowed traders into the park and turned it into a market. The more people come in, the more the problem we have. We want this park to be sanitised.”

 

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos confirmed the story. Oshare has been arrested and will be prosecuted while Rasta’s corpse had been deposited in a morgue.