An argument between a cart pusher, Yakubu Abubakar and a labourer, Sunday Godwin in the Orile area of Lagos has led to a tragic ending after Abubakar stabbed Godwin in the neck with a broken tile and left him in a pool of his own blood.
Punch Newspaper reports that the fight started when Godwin, a labourer in a firm around Eleganza Plaza, Alaba Suru demanded his N200 change from Abubakar who refused to give it but stabbed him instead.
A trader in the area who witnessed the incident told the newspaper, “Abubakar was a cart pusher while Godwin worked as a labourer in a firm around Eleganza Plaza. On that day, the firm asked Godwin to get a cart pusher to join him in carrying some loads. When they were done, Godwin paid him. I did not know how much they agreed on and the amount he paid him, but I learnt Abubakar was supposed to return N200 change.
“The man (Godwin) asked for the change but it appeared Abubakar was not ready to return the change. After a while, Godwin insisted that he wanted to collect the change without any further delay. That was how an argument started between them. There were some pieces of broken tiles in front of a shop where tiles are being sold. Abubakar picked one and stabbed Godwin in the neck. He bled to death before he got to the hospital while Abubakar ran away”
49-year-old Godwin was said to have been rushed to a hospital in the area where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A source said, “Five persons have been arrested for aiding and abeting the crime and failing to assist the police in tracking down the suspect. They saw him running away but did not make any attempt to stop him and hand him over to the police”.
