A yet-to-be-identified soldier, on Monday night, reportedly stabbed a nightclub bouncer to death in Bonny Island, Rivers State.
It was gathered that the victim, Kingsley Abbey, was performing security checks when he denied the soldier entry due to a discovered dagger, leading to a heated argument.
Witnesses state that the soldier stabbed Abbey during the altercation.
Kingsley Abbeyโs wife, Diepreye, expressed her anguish, narrating her search for her husband across hospitals, only to find him dead at Macurly Hospital.
โWe were checking all the hospitals to find out where they kept him but we didnโt see him. At last, there is a place called Macurly, that is where I found him. When I got there my husband was already dead.
โI started crying and I asked what happened. They now told me that a uniformed man came to the club where he was working.
โAs he was searching him, checking him all around, he said you cannot enter. From there the problem started. They said the man stabbed him,
โI need justice for my husband. I have four children. Who will train them? Iโm not working for now. I need justice,โ she said.
The Rivers state Police Command spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the event, initiating an investigation to identify the perpetrator.
โYes I can confirm the incident from what the Divisional Police Officer told me. But the identity of the person who stabbed him is unknown.
โThe investigation is ongoing to verify the identity of the person who committed the crime. Once we can get the identity of the person, we will take it up from there and ensure that the necessary procedure is followed,โ she said.
