“Lawrence is my friend; we grew up
together and have lived in the same environment from as far back as I can
remember.
“On that day, I was just not in
the mood to talk with him. When I came out in the morning, he tried to make
some jokes, which we would ordinarily laughed about. But I told him I was not
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“I went out later that day and on
my way back, I saw him forcing my younger brother to play in a stagnant body of
water in front of our compound.
“My brother was crying out for
help, because he did not want to be dragged into the water. I quickly walked up
to Lawrence to stop him. He took it personal and told me he would slap me.
“Out of anger, I told him that
even his mother would not dare slap me. He then went in to get a cane, which
has always been his tradition whenever we are having a misunderstanding.
“I also rushed into our room to
grab a knife. But my elder brother and a neighbour, called Iya Ayo, intervened
and settled the matter.”
According to the 17-year-old,
Senior Secondary 1 student, “about two hours later, Lawrence came back to meet
me, threatening to deal with me. We started exchanging words, which later
culminated in a fight.
“I went in and grabbed another
knife just to threaten him.
“Unfortunately, while my elder
brother, who intervened again, was trying to plead with Lawrence not to fight
with me because I am a girl, I angrily stabbed Lawrence in the chest with the
knife.
“It was only after my action that
I realized what I had done. I started calling out for help because I was very
scared.
“Few neighbours, who were around,
responded and we quickly rushed him to a nearby hospital, but it was too late.
He died.
“Sincerely, I never meant to kill
him with the knife. I only wanted to threaten him, but I just do not know how
and why I stabbed him.”
Vanguard learned that the case, which is currently being investigated by operatives in the homicide section of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, would soon be charged to court
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