How Trader Killed Customer Over Price Disagreement

One Mr. Lawrence Ikonne, a Lagos based trader on Afro Close, Afromedia Estate, Okokomaiko is presently biting regretting fingers in police custody.

Mr. Ikonne who deals on electronic appliances was arrested for killing a buyer, Isa Yaya, over a dispute arising from price bargaining.

The 22-year-old victim who is a Northerner, had gone to Ikonne's apartment to buy a fairly used air conditioner on the morning of Friday, October 10.

They, however, had a disagreement as they started haggling over the price.

Yaya insisted on buying the air conditioner below N5, 000- a price which did not go down well with Ikonne.

As the haggling continued, a fight was said to have ensued between the two which turned violent during which Ikonne allegedly hit Yaya with a plank in the belly.

In his statement to the police, the trader said, “I had not met the young man before. I met him that morning at the Alaba market, and asked him to buy one of my appliances: an air conditioner.

He actually looked like a cart pusher. When we got home, we both went in to remove the product, and we brought it outside for negotiation.

“As we continued, he said he would pay less than N5, 000. I replied that he should assist me to return it to where we took it from, but he refused. In the process, we started fighting. He even asked me to pay him for helping me bring it out. I was mad, and I hit his belly with a plank.
“When I realised he had fainted, I tied him with a rope and dragged him into a corner. I also fled the house.”

Confirming the report, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said investigations were still ongoing.