Man Stabbed To Death Over
Chelsea/Man City Match:
Suspects Facing Murder
Charge
Two suspects identified as
Kayode Ogunwa and Oluwa
Femi, are currently held at
the State Criminal
Investigation Department,
SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos,
following the stabbing to
death of a hotel attendant,
identified as Mr. Otumala
Ukama Benson, a 32-year-
old native of Benue State,
over a misunderstanding
during penultimate Sunday
English Premiership League,
EPL, clash between Chelsea
and Manchester City football
clubs.
The incident happened at a
popular hotel along Isheri-
LASU- Igando Road, near
Diamond Estate. The two
suspects who were promptly
arrested and detained in a
cell at the Area 'M' Police
Command, Idimu, are now
facing murder charge in
connection with the
incident.
On the fateful day, the hotel,
it was gathered, was filled to
capacity and some
customers who wanted to
buy drinks could not get
chairs to sit. As a result, the
late Ben asked those
watching the match without
buying drinks to get up and
allow those willing to buy
drinks to sit. The suspects
who did not buy drinks
however refused to vacate
their seats and this resulted
in an argument between
them and the late Ben. The
argument later degenerated
into a brawl during which
one of the suspects ran to
the car and brought a knife
with which he stabbed Ben
in the neck.
Investigations revealed the
hotel attendant bled to death
from the stab wound before
he could be rushed to the
Igando General Hospital. His
body was later deposited at
the Ikeja General Hospital
mortuary for autopsy. The
"Area M" Command later
transferred the case to SCID,
Panti, Yaba, for further
investigation.
"Ben was carrying out the
instruction of the
management that anyone
who was not buying drinks
should not use the Executive
bar but could make use of
the general bar. So Ben
approached a group of guys,
who were just occupying
the sofa, and asked them to
kindly vacate the place as
there were many stranded
guests outside who were
ready to buy drinks," one of
the hotel employees said.
"I learnt that this infuriated
one of the guys who went
after Ben for daring to ask
him get up from his seat. He
dealt some blows on Ben
and in defense Ben pushed
him away and took to his
heels sensing that the clash
might degenerate into a
serious fight. But the guy in
anger smashed a glass door
with his foot and in the
process sustained injury on
the leg with blood dripping
from the cut.
"A guy from the group
seeing blood dripping from
his friend's leg went straight
to his Honda car with
number plate FKJ 436 AH,
and emerged with a sharp
knife. I tried to stop him but
he threatened to stab me if I
did not move away. I could
see the determination to kill
in his eyes, so I quickly
stepped aside thinking Ben
was still in hiding but not
knowing that he had
reappeared.
"Ben was being held by the
other members of the group
who were asking him how
their friend got his leg
wound. At that point Ben
was backing the guy with
the knife and the guy went
straight for Ben's neck,
stabbing him so deep that
blood started gushing out
like tap water.
"Ben screamed immediately,
holding his neck and trying
vainly to staunch the flow of
blood. Failing to stop the
bleeding, he ran outside the
gate seeking for help. At this
stage, the guy who stabbed
him, realising the gravity of
his crime, started saying he
didn't mean to stab Ben so
deep.
"I ran after Ben and soon
caught up with him; but he
slumped into my hands,
saying, 'I am going to die'. I
assured him that he would
not die as I was taking him
to the hospital. We rushed
him to Igando General
Hospital where he was
pronounced Brought In
Dead, BID, that is dead on
arrival. The Police were later
contacted and the suspects
were arrested and detained.
"We have contacted the
families of Ben, they are on
their way to Lagos to pick
the corpse for burial in his
home town," the employee
said.
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