A 21 year old man identified as Ishaku in Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State has killed his friend, Zeloti John over “ownership” of girlfriend.
Relationship between the duos went sour when each of them was claiming to be the owner of the girlfriend.
WikkiTimes reports that the incident occurred on Friday, 29th May, barely one week after a security guard with New Trafford Hotel was brutally murdered on allegations of a missing mobile phone.
Sources say the Dass incident happened at a beer parlour in an area known as Kanwara.
“On the fateful day, I saw the deceased, Zeloti going up and down between 10am to 11am in my area chatting with people as if he had premonition of his death”.
The source who said that he is related to the late Zeloti confirmed that he was at home on Friday evening at about 5.30pm when he received the sad news of the death of Zeloti during a fight at the beer joint.
He said the deceased was stabbed in three different parts of his body with a knife by the assailant over an argument on who was the real boyfriend to the girl (name withheld).
He however said that the fight was not on the girl people knew the late Zeloti with but another girl whose identity is yet to be revealed was the rallying point for the tragedy.
Late Zeloti was buried on Monday amidst calls for justice by his friends.
Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident through its PPRO, DSP Ahmed Wakili who said that “a case of culpable homicide was reported from the Dass Police Division and transferred to the SIIB for further investigations.
The PPRO added that the late Zeloti John was stabbed on the neck with a sharp object and was rushed to the Dass General Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
He said that the Police in Dass have arrested one suspect in connection with the case while further investigation was ongoing to know the remote and immediate cause of the murder.
