Early morning of Monday, there was crowd unrest at Mojeed Sanni Street, in the Igando area of Lagos State, after one 40-year-old Hausa trader, Ibrahim Adamu, allegedly killed a bus driver, Lekan Adeleke.
According to Punch, residents and friends of the victim took to the street as they chased away Hausa traders in the community, as they threatening to avenge.
The police have reportedly taken Adeleke’s corpse to a mortuary, while the suspect was taken to the Area M command.
It was reported that the deceased had bought noodles of N230 from the suspect’s son on Sunday evening.
He paid N200 and promised to pay the balance of N30 the next day the suspect’s son told his father, Adamu, who was angry as he attacked 30-year-old Adeleke with a spiked plank.
The victim slumped and hit his head against the concrete edge of a gutter.
The mob allegedly destroyed Adamu’s kiosk and set it on fire after Adeleke died on Monday.
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