A food vendor known as Hamidu was arrested by Ogun state police for allegedly killing one of his customers at Arepo along Mowe-Ibafo, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun state.
It was gathered that the deceased, Musa, bought a cup of tea from Hamidu and paid N40 insteadof normal fee of #50 and this got Hamidu infuriated.
In a bid to get the balance from Musa, an argument broke out and it resorted into a fight between the two of them.
Eye witness say, Hamidu punched Musa in the chest and he fell down on the spot.
A member of the Odua People’s congress (New Era), in Arepo, Olayiwola Ogunsolu mentioned that Musa had died before help could come her way.
“On getting to the spot, we saw that someone had died and when we enquired what happened, we were told that the tea seller there killed him over his refusal to pay 50naira for a cup of tea. We immediately called the Warewa Police Station and when two policemen came from the station, the Hausa community resisted them.
“We called the DPO of Warewa Police Station and he sent reinforcement. The police later took the suspect away.” He said.
One of the the relatives of the deceased narrated how Musa was killed over 10 naira.
“Musa went to buy a cup of tea but he had 40naira instead of 50naira. This got the seller angry and they started fighting. The tea seller, who is not really well known under the bridge here though some people said his name is Hamidu, punched Musa in the chest. He fell and died. Some of our people intervened. The police came and took the tea seller away.” He said
Usman Shehu, the leader of Arepo Hausa community declined comments, feigning ignorance of the incident.
“Such an incident would not have passed me by as the head of the Arewa community in this place,” he added.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations officer promised to give a detailed pieces of information on the incident at a later time.