by Rachel Ogbu

A man in Enugu was arrested recently for stabbing his co-tenant, Prince Uzor, to death at their Aguabor residence in Trans Ekulu.

Identified as Uzodinma Eneh, the crime was commited during an argument over splitting the electricity bill.

The Enugu State Police through its Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the incident adding that the suspect was cooperating with the police in their investigation.

According to reports, the victim was said to have been rushed to the Parklane Specialist Hospital, Enugu by sympathizers but he gave up the ghost shortly after arriving the hospital.

In another crime, the police spokesman said operatives of the Igboeze North Police Division had arrested two robbery suspects who allegedly attacked a manager of a petrol station along Igogoro road in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area and carted away N250, 000.

The Vanguard reports:

The suspects identified as Sunday Ayogu of Ufodu, Enugu Ezike and Kenneth Kingsley of Umuodo Aji, Enugu Ezike  armed with a gun allegedly broke into the residence of their victim on June 5, 2013 and stole the money.

Amaraizu said luck ran against them as the victim raised an alarm which attracted  members of the Neighbourhood Watch in the village to the scene.  The group quickly intervened and drew the attention of the police who helped to cordon the entire area off and successfully arrested the two.

He said five handsets believed to have been stolen, one long machete, N197,000 and a dane gun cut to size were recovered from the suspects.