Tragedy struck New Garriki Market, Awkunanaw, Enugu
when two men lost their lives because of N500.00 to kill
cow.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu State
Command of the Nigeria Police, Ebere Amaraizu, who
confirmed the incident said that a detachment of police
personnel was immediately sent to the market to maintain
peace and order.
Our source reliably gathered that the unfortunate incident
took place Wednesday when a man bought a cow at the
market and paid N500 for the slaughtering and this
generated controversy between two slaughter men, one
Hausa and one Igbo man.
One of the deceased, an Igbo man was said to have
given the Fulani-Hausa man N400.
In a scuffle that ensued as a result of who should take
the lion share, the Fulani-Hausa man, drew a dager and
stabbed him in the stomach.
It was gathered when the Igbomen there saw what
happened, they pounced on the Fulani-Hausa man and
beat him to a pulp and he gave up the ghost shortly after
while the Igboman he stabbed died at a hospital shortly
after.
Because there is a police post in the market, more police
men and even military officers were drafted immediately
to maintain peace in the market and all activities came to
a halt until Thursday morning.
A trader in the market told 247ureports.com that the
Hausa-Fulani man first push the Igboman before he
brought out his dagger and stabbed him.
“They were quarreling over the money when all of a
sudden, the Northerner pushed the Igboman and stabbed
him in the stomach. The man held his stomach with one
hand and began to chase his assailant and fainted later.
“When people saw him fall, they caught the man and beat
him to a pulp before help could come but he could not
make it because he died shortly after,” the source
narrated.
One Abubakar Yusuf who spoke on the incident,
condemned his fellow northerner for stabbing somebody
over a quarrel.
“This idea of stabbing somebody is too typical of the
northerners and it is not good. They do it out of
ignorance,” he said.
PPRO, Sp Amaraizu, when contacted said the
commissioner of Police immediately send men to the
area to maintain peace.
Meanwhile, at the time our correspondent visited the
scene, peace has returned to the market as people were
going about their business and keke riders were bringing
passenger in and out of the market.
