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Disaster, on Thursday night, broke out on the standard Kugbo Mechanic Village alongside Abuja-Keffi Expressway as a yet-to-be recognized soldier allegedly stabbed an electrician to dying.
In response to info gathered, the incident occurred following an argument between the soldier and the electrician, which resulted to assaulting the soldier by artisans on the Mechanic Village in help of the electrician.
The scenario later led to the stabbing of the electrician popularly referred to as ‘Yellow’ by the overwhelmed soldier.
The unlucky improvement led to a violent protest by the deceased’s colleagues, who set the soldier’s automotive ablaze, after the soldier had fled the scene.
A dealer within the space, who didn’t need his identify talked about, mentioned the scenario triggered apprehension, making store homeowners to shut their outlets and run for his or her pricey lives.
“The soldier got here with a automotive for the electrician to repair an issue, after few hours, they began argument and the soldier introduced out knife to defend himself and stabbed the person to dying, and ran away.
“His automotive was additionally burnt by colleagues of the deceased. However the scenario is calm now as a result of few policemen got here into the market,” he mentioned.
One other eyewitness, a spare elements vendor, who additionally refused to reveal his identify, additionally mentioned: “The soldier got here with the automotive first to me however I advised him that I used to be busy, he ought to give it to a different individual. They began with heated argument, ensuing within the killing of the electrician and subsequent burning of the soldier’s car.”
In the meantime, on the time of submitting the report, there was no response but from both the navy authorities or FCT Police Command on the incident.