There was a mild disturbance on Wednesday at Herbert
Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja, when a food seller stabbed a
boy to death over a N100 debt.
The incident led to the burning of a BMW car and policemen
and soldiers, guarding the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
headquarters, had to be drafted in to prevent a breakdown of law and order in
the area.
Trouble started when the woman, whose name could not be
immediately ascertained, allegedly accosted the boy, simply identified as Nuhu
over the debt. An argument was said to have ensued and the woman, in a fit of
anger, stabbed the boy in the stomach with a knife.
The deceased was later taken away to an unknown destination
by his friends.
An eyewitness, who identified himself as Abubakar, told
Punch Metro that Nuhu shouted after being stabbed, slumped and died and his
friends and artisans quickly moved to attack the woman, but a man prevented
them from beating her.
“The man prevented the boys from attacking the woman by
taking her away to safety. The mob then destroyed the table and benches being
used by the woman to sell food and placed it on top of the car belonging to the
man before setting it ablaze. By the time the police and fire fighters came, it
was too late to save the car,”Abubakar narrated.
Our correspondent observed that the policemen spent some
time around the area to ensure that the mob dispersed and to prevent some of
them, who are mostly jobless youths, from fomenting trouble.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Altienne Daniel,
could not be reached for comments as she did not respond to the calls to her
phone.
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