Sunday Tragedy: How Man Stabbed Brother To Death In Anambra

A 25-year-old man, identified as Ifenna Obi has stabbed his brother, Rapuruchukwu to death at the popular Eke Umudike fish joint in Ukpor, Nnewi South LGA, Anambra State.


cfrmagazine.com gathered that Ifenna stabbed the victim more than 5 times with a broken bottle in different parts of the body on Sunday night.

According to an eyewitness, the suspect (Ifenna) reportedly misplaced his Mobile Phone at the joint and one Nonso Atueyi found it and started searching for the owner.

The suspect approached Nonso who was sitting with the deceased (his brother) to claim the ownership of the phone but the deceased told him to mention five names in his contact list to make sure he's actually the owner.

It eventually resulted in a fight. The suspect immediately grabbed a bottle of beer, broke it and stabbed the deceased in the throat. He died instantly.

Relatives and residents told our correspondent that the suspect had always threatened to kill the deceased whenever they had disagreements.

He carried out the threat around 9pm at the drinking joint.

The suspect was immediately apprehended

He was immediately captured and handed over to the police.

When contacted, the DPO Ukpor Police Station, SP Lucky confirmed the killing and said his men has apprehended the suspect and the deceased has been taken to the mortuary.

He however stated that investigation has commenced as what let to the unfortunate incident is still sketchy.