29-year-old man stabs friend to death for not buying him beer in Bauchi community

Men of the Nigeria Police Force in Bauchi State have arrested a 29-year-old man, identified as Monday Ajasco, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Abdulrazak Ibrahim, 30, to death for refusing to buy him a bottle of beer.

It was gathered that the suspect have stabbed the deceased on the neck with a sharp animal horn at a beer parlor in Bagel village on Wednesday night, November 16.

The command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Monday, November 28, said Ajasco was arrested on November 17, following a tip-off.
“A discreet investigation conducted by the detectives attached to the command revealed that on the 16th
November 2022 at about 2300hrs, the suspect went to a beer parlor at Bagel village of Dass LGA where he met Abdulrazak and others drinking beer at a beer parlor.

“He (the suspect) asked the said Abdulrazak (deceased) to buy him a beer to drink. In response, the deceased refused to do so.
This development sparked a little altercation between them which displeases the suspect. After a while, they decided to leave the beer parlor and go to their homes while the victim left before them.
The deceased’s friend heard screaming from his friend from afar. On reaching the scene, he met his friend lying in a pool of his blood while the suspect was standing near the victim holding a sharp animal horn in his hand.
He also threatened to stab the victim’s friend when he asked the suspect why he did so.

Investigation into the incident also revealed that the suspect trailed and attacked the victim on his neck with a sharp object suspected to be an animal horn. As a result, he sustained a serious injury where he was swiftly rushed to the General Hospital Dass but was certified dead by the medical doctor,” the statement reads.