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Abdulkadir Segi, a 30-year-old man has allegedly been stabbed to death during an argument over the detonation of a banger around a mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Muslim congregational prayer was being observed on Christmas Eve.
Abdulkadir was said to have been stabbed in the chest in the Ita-Nmo area of Ilorin by one Kehinde Oloka of Oke-Agodi area of the town.
It was gathered that the suspect, who is presently at large, was recurrently detonating bangers in front of the mosque to disturb Muslims worshipers, who were observing their Ishai evening prayer.
Abdulkadir, who was one of the congregants in the mosque, was said to have come out to ask Oloka to move away from the place of worship.
It was alleged that the suspect ran home, came back and attacked Abdulkadir with a long sharp knife, with which he stabbed him and the victim reportedly bled to death.
He was said to have been rushed to a private hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the suspect stabbed the victim during a disagreement over banger around the mosque while the evening prayer was going on, stating that Oloka ran away after committing the heinous crime.
Ajayi Okasanmi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect was on the run and had deserted his family house in Ogidi.