A birthday party on Kehinde Street in
the Ajegunle area of Lagos State turned bloody when some guests began a
fight and stabbed a schoolboy, Endurance Augustine, to death.
Policemen from the Ajeromi division were said to have removed Endurance’s corpse and deposited it in a morgue.
Endurance had gone to the party with some of his friends, when a fight broke out.
A resident told our correspondent that
the cause of the fight was unknown, adding that the hoodlums, who were
guests at the party, fled after stabbing the victim to death.
It was gathered that two suspects, who
were trying to hide the victim’s corpse, were apprehended by residents
and handed over to the police.
When Punch correspondent visited the
area, Endurance’s mother, who did not want her name in print, said she
had gone to a church service at 4pm on Wednesday only to hear the news
of her son’s death on her return.
The mother of four added that if
Endurance had told her that he was attending a party, she would have
dissuaded him from going as the area had been tense.
She said,
“I don’t think Endurance had a quarrel with anyone before he was stabbed to death. He did not inform me that he was going to a birthday party. He was an easy-going boy. He went to school every day and ought to be in the senior school by September. I am pained that my son was murdered. I don’t even know who organised the party.”
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