A man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death another colleague at a banku joint at Gushegu.

Iddrisu Yakubu, a 25-year-old tipper truck driver, been officially identified by police as the man who was attacked at Nayilifong in the Gushegu Township  on Friday

The suspect, Ziblila Ibrahim alias Bulubulu is in the grips of the Gushegu district police command is being accused of stabbing the deceased over a row at the banku joint.

According to Abdul Salam Yakubu, the suspect accused the deceased of getting served first even when he had  come to meet him there, a development which sparked a verbal row.

“Unexpectedly, the suspect later accosted my nephew on his way home and stabbed him to death at 10 pm last night,” he told citinews.

Abdul Salam Yakubu said the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Gushegu district hospital morgue.

The family has admonished the police to immediately prosecute the suspect or expect a reprisal attack.

The Police’s rapid response to the crime scene foiled an attempt by some angry community members to set ablaze the suspect’s family house.

By:Fiifi Abdul Malik