TOUT COMMITS MURDER OVER N200.


One Ifeanyi Ali has been arrested for the murder of 24-year-old Chigozie Alo, a tricycle rider after he refused to give the tout N200 in Awada, Anambra state.

  According to reports, It was said that the suspect had entered the deceased tricycle, And when he got to his destination, He demanded that Alo gives him N200 to buy a local gin (Instead of him paying the deceased.
  
 The deceased who was an indigene of Izza, Ebonyi state, Reportedly explained to Ifeanyi (The suspect) that he did not have any money on him as he just began work for the day.
  
  He went on to ask the suspect to buy the drink on credit with the promise of payment later in the day.

  Alo was reportedly in the process of running off when Ifeanyi allegedly stabbed him with a broken bottle from behind and fled the scene, The young man reportedly bled to death.
  
 The case was reported at the Okpoko police Division after which the suspect was arrested.
   
 After being informed of their son's death, Alo's parents revealed that he had been planning to get married later this year.
  " He was our only hope,  He had finished his secondary school education and was struggling to raise funds to further his education.
  " Ifeanyi (The suspect) is a notorious criminal in this community, We want justice," The parents lamented.

  The chairman, Human Rights Defenders Nigeria, Mr Dede Uzor, Accused the Okpoko police Division of dragging their feet on the case, Urging the state commissioner of police to intervene in the situation.

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