Trader kills Customer for asking for Price Reduction on a Commodity: PHOTO

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The Lagos State Police Command had arrested one Mr. Lawrence Ikonne, for allegedly killing a buyer, Isa Yaya, because the deceased haggled...

The Lagos State Police Command had arrested one Mr. Lawrence Ikonne, for allegedly killing a buyer, Isa Yaya, because the deceased haggled over the price of a commodity. According to reports, the Victim, Isa Yaya, 22, usually bought and resold fairly used iron scraps and electrical appliances, and he had gone to Ikonne’s house on Afro Close, Afromedia Estate, Okokomaiko, Lagos to buy a fairly used air conditioner.

Ikonne, 26 sold electronic appliances at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos. Ikonne had met Yaya in the market and invited him to his house. On getting to his house, they brought out the said air conditioner and started haggling.

It was said that Yaya insisted on buying the appliance for less than 5,000. A fight soon ensued between buyer and seller, Ikonne was said to have hit Yaya in the stomach with a plank. One of Ikonne’s co-tenants discovered Yaya’s body and alerted the Police who promptly came over and arrested Ikonne.

During interrogation, Ikonne said,

“I had not met the young man before. I met him that morning at the Alaba market, and asked him to buy one of my appliances: an air conditioner. He actually looked like a cart pusher. When we got home, we both went in to remove the product, and we brought it outside for negotiation.

“As we continued, he said he would pay less than N5, 000. I replied that he should assist me to return it to where we took it from, but he refused. In the process, we started fighting. He even asked me to pay him for helping me bring it out. I was mad, and I hit his belly with a plank.

“When I realised he had fainted, I tied him with a rope and dragged him into a corner. I also fled the house.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident but is yet to give details to the press. Ikonne has however been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, and he would soon be charged to court.

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