A carpenter in Kogi, was stabbed to death on Monday, while he was trying to prevent his neighbour, Murtala Dare, from assaulting a prostitute at a popular bar in Lokoja.
Dare and Lukeman are neighbors, who own shops opposite the popular drinking spot where call girls used the behind for short time.
According to report, Dare wanted to beat the prostitute for taking a customer to the back of the building for a quickie.
The suspect usually collects money for the use of the spot, so he interrupted their rump and threatened to beat the girl for not paying him.
Dare who is now in police custody was said to have interrupted the sex rump and threatened to beat the call girl. It was, however, gathered that the intervention by late Lukeman to stop Dare from being violent, angered Dare who broke a bottle and allegedly stabbed Lukeman Kabiru on the neck.
The Kogi State Police Public Relation officer, (PPRO), DSP William Aya confirmed the suspect was arrested in his hideouts at the back of Total Filling Station in Lokoja.
