Beninoise man, Samuel Francis, 30, Arrested for murder over birthday pig in Lagos
On arriving at the Abule area with his
brother, Jeff Francis, the deceased was reported to have challenged them
on where they got the pig from...Huome reportedly accused them of stealing the pig..an argument ensued among the three men,
and in the ensuing scuffle, Samuel stabbed the victim with the knife he
brought to slaughter the pig.
Houme was said to have died from his injuries...Samuel, who was also injured, was first treated before he was arrested by policemen from the Tarkwa Bay Police Division...Samuel, who was transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, said that he never wanted to kill the victim.
He explained that Huome had first
attacked his brother, Jeff, with broken bottles, adding that when he
tried to restrain him, the deceased stabbed him in the hand...He said, “I have my family in Cotonou,
but I came to Lagos in 2010 to hustle. I was in my house on Saturday
when I was called to kill a pig meant for a birthday celebration.
“The next day, around 6am while I was
still on the bed, the people called me on the telephone that I should
come. I called my brother, Jeff, to assist me...“When we got there, we were given the pig
by a man. It was around 6.30am that Huome came and started quarrelling
with us. Before we knew what was happening, he broke two bottles and
stabbed my brother in the head. As I tried to restrain him, he came
after me and cut me in the hand, as well. When I could not handle it
again, I stabbed him in the shoulders with my knife.”
Samuel said he ran to the police station to seek refuge from the deceased and a mob that came to attack him.
He said the police took him to the Lagos
Island General Hospital, where he was admitted for a week, before his
eventual arrest for the crime...He said, “The man’s family has already
said they were no longer interested in the case, but the police said it
had become a government matter and there was nothing that could be done.
“I have nobody to help me in Lagos. My
wife has left me for another man. Our six-months-old baby is now with my
grandma in Benin Republic and I came to Lagos to make money; but see
where I have found myself?. Who will help me now?”
The suspect was, however, arraigned on Wednesday before an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court on two counts of murder...The charge read, “That you, Samuel
Francis, on September 13, 2015, at about 06.30am at Abule Area, Tarkwa
Bay, Lagos Island, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire
among yourselves to commit felony to wit: murder.
“That you did unlawfully kill one Clement Huome, aged 35 years, by cutting him with machete in his chest and his left hand.” The police prosecutor, Sergeant Daniel
Ighodalo, said the offence was punishable under sections 231 and 221 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011..The defendant’s plea was not taken.
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