A certain Udoh Johnson, a staff with the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), was stabbed by one Wale to death with a broken bottle in a drinking joint over a minor argument.
Udoh Johnson had gone to the drinking joint to charge his phone when the said Wale alleged that the deceased stepped on his leg without apologizing. In retaliasion, Wale flung Udoh's handset away. Argument broke out and degenerated to fight, in the process, Wale stapped Udoh with a broken bottle and Udoh bled to death
The state Police Command Image Maker Wole Ogodo confirmed that the deceased was stabbed by one Wale now at large during an argument.
The owner of the joint and some family members of the suspect have been picked up for questioning.
Ogodo however explained that Udoh was stabbed on the leg and was immediately rushed to the State Specialist Hospital, Akure for medical attention before he died while receiving treatment, Vanguard newspaper said
He said the corpse of the deceased was thereby deposited at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
According to him the case has been trasfered to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thorough investigations.
Ogodo has assured everybody that the police detectives in the state would soon catch the suspect.
