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A 25-year old lottery agent, Olawale Salau, has been stabbed to death by his childhood friend, Kamoru Kushimo.
The incident happened on Wednesday, last week on Alafia Street, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State.
We learnt that the suspect had been released on bail through the efforts of the late Salau, after he was detained for attacking someone in the neighbourhood.
It was gathered that the deceased had after the bail been talking to his jobless friend to change his aggressive behaviour.
A resident, Sola Adebambo (not real name), said Kushimo became angry and accused the deceased of reporting him to people who had been rebuking him.
He said the suspect began insulting the deceased and threatened to end their friendship.
He said, “In the afternoon of that fateful day, he verbally assaulted him for hours while we were all drinking at the club. Salau did not answer him and people asked Kushimo to stop, but he refused. Then he said he wanted their friendship to end.
“Salau told him that if that was what he wanted, he was satisfied with the decision. But we all became surprised as Kushimo said he wanted to fight with him.
“While we were all trying to settle the quarrel, Kushimo grabbed a bottle and smashed it against the wall. The splinters fell on me and injured another friend of ours. But Salau held him from using the bottle. I tried separating them.”
They reportedly went their separate ways after some community leaders intervened.
However, unknown to Salau, his friend had gone to waylay him in the dark, armed with a knife.The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu confirmed the incident.
He added that the corpse of the deceased had been taken to a morgue.
“It involved two friends who were apparently fighting and one stabbed the other to death. The suspect is in police custody while the remains of Salau have been taken to the morgue,” he said.