The operatives of Nigerian Police have arrested a man identified as Chibuzor Nwafor, for stabbing his friend, Amarana Chikezie, to dea...
The operatives of Nigerian Police have arrested a man identified as
Chibuzor Nwafor, for stabbing his friend, Amarana Chikezie, to death
following a disagreement over power connection at their residence in
Kado-Kuchi behind Next Shopping plaza, Jabi, Abuja.
According to a report by Punch, the victim, Amarana, a 23-year-old
graduate of Community Development from Enugu State University of Science
and Technology, was certified dead on arrival at the Gwarimpa General
Hospital in an incident which occurred around 10pm last Sunday.
While speaking to a correspondent, Amarana’s elder sister, said on
Sunday that the deceased was stabbed in the heart leading to his demise
shortly after, adding that Nwafor and her brother were friends,
stressing that the murder of Amarana was premeditated.
She said she was informed by eyewitnesses that Nwafor had asked her
brother to meet him at home so they could resolve an issue bordering on
the illegal power connection by a new neighbor, who was said to have
been sanctioned by Amarana.
“Chibuzor phoned my brother to come back home so they could
talk about the power supply extended to a new neighbour by Amarana. In
the course of their discussion, they started quarreling and they were
prevented from fighting by those present.
“The next thing that Chibuzor did was to enter his room and got
a knife which he hid so that the others would not see it; he then
stabbed my brother in the heart.
“I don’t know why he would kill somebody he ate and drank with.
I believe he planned the murder all along, but he must tell the world
why he did this,” Precious said.
Also speaking on condition of anonymity, a common friend of both
Amarana and Chibuzor, explained that the deceased was planning to join
the Nigerian Air Force before his death.
Narrating how Amarana died, he said that the deceased was rushed to
a pharmacist after he was stabbed, who declined to treat him unless
there was a police report.
He said, “We then decided to take him to Gwarimpa General
Hospital, but we couldn’t get a vehicle on time. For about 20 minutes,
we were looking for a cab while we kept him in front of the chemist
shop.
“It was a man who was going to a church vigil that took him to
the hospital, but the doctor said he died five minutes after he was
stabbed, adding that there was no way he could have survived because the
knifed penetrated his heart.”
He further stated that Chibuzor was tricked to the hospital where he was arrested by policemen who were waiting for him.
