Murder: Tricycle Driver Kills Man Over Fare
— April 3, 2014
There was visible anger among workers of the Bayelsa State
Ministry of Education, following the reported stabbing to death of a
28-year-old staff of the ministry, Mr. Twanton Weke, by a commercial
tricycle driver popularly known as Keke NAPEP in Gbarantoru area of
Yenagoa local government.
The tricycle driver it was reported, stabbed and killed the late Weke, following a disagreement over fare.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the deceased, who is also a grandson of the Paramount Ruler of the Gbarantoru Kingdom, Chief Benjamin Weke, was stabbed three times in the neck, on the head and on the chest.
Police sources said the deceased was stabbed while returning from a late night party hosted near the Gbarain/Ubie Oil and Gas Gathering Facility near Gbarantoru community.
The driver in his version alleged that the deceased who was in the company of two other boys had tried to beat him and snatch his tricycle and it was in the process of defending himself that he stabbed the deceased.
A team of the men of the state security outfit known as operation Door Akpor were reported to have arrived at the time of the deadly scuffle and taken into custody the killer driver and also taken away the deceased’s corpse.
Spokesman of the state police command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe who confirmed the development, said investigation was on-going to ascertain the culpability of the suspect.
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The tricycle driver it was reported, stabbed and killed the late Weke, following a disagreement over fare.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the deceased, who is also a grandson of the Paramount Ruler of the Gbarantoru Kingdom, Chief Benjamin Weke, was stabbed three times in the neck, on the head and on the chest.
Police sources said the deceased was stabbed while returning from a late night party hosted near the Gbarain/Ubie Oil and Gas Gathering Facility near Gbarantoru community.
The driver in his version alleged that the deceased who was in the company of two other boys had tried to beat him and snatch his tricycle and it was in the process of defending himself that he stabbed the deceased.
A team of the men of the state security outfit known as operation Door Akpor were reported to have arrived at the time of the deadly scuffle and taken into custody the killer driver and also taken away the deceased’s corpse.
Spokesman of the state police command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe who confirmed the development, said investigation was on-going to ascertain the culpability of the suspect.
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