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A 25-year-old man, Hammed Tunde, has been allegedly stabbed to death by his friend, identified simply as Gafar, during a heated argument reportedly over a woman in the Oja Gboro area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
PUNCH Online gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday evening while the two friends, reportedly close companions, were patronising a sugarcane seller in the area.
According to eyewitnesses, what began as a mild argument between the two soon degenerated into a violent confrontation, leading Gafar, aged 21, to allegedly stab Tunde in the chest with a knife.
“The argument was about a girlfriend they were both interested in. Before we knew it, Gafar brought out a knife and stabbed his friend,” an eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told PUNCH Online.
The victim, a resident of Ile-Soro 2, Oja Gboro, was rushed to a nearby private hospital but was later referred to the General Hospital, Ilorin, where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
The suspect, said to be a native of Ile Olowo in the same area, reportedly fled the scene immediately after committing the act. His whereabouts and those of his family members remain unknown as of the time of filing this report.
