There was panic and distruption among the residents of Otu- Jeremi, headquarters of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, on Wednesday, night when a man was stabbed to death by his daughter’ s lover.
According to the news source that confirmed the incident to the Vanguard News correspondent, we gathered that the trouble had started between the deceased when he arrived home from a journey while he found the suspect whose name was identified simply as Paul in a romatic mood with his daughter. aromatic
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The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed at the time of filing the report.
The news source said, ” In the process of asking what was going on, an argument broke out and they started to fight.
” As they were fighting, the suspect stabbed the man with a broken bottle. The man died before he could get help” , a source said.
Reacting to the incident on Thursday, The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, when he was contacted by Newsmen in the state have confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspect.
The police spokesman while speaking said: ” The suspect went to a lady’ s house. He claimed he heard a child crying, so he went there to carry the child when the deceased came and said ‘ what are you doing with this child? ‘
” In the process, they started fighting and along the line, the suspect took a kitchen knife and stabbed the deceased. ”
The police spokesman added that they will continue with their investigation so that the suspect will be charged to the court for prosecution, Mr. Bright Edafe has now issued a warning telling residents not to take thee the law into their hands