Over the weekend, this Senior Secondary School 2 student, Michael Tanko
pictured above, was stabbed to death during a friendly football match
between youths in Okota, Lagos state.
It was gathered that the young boy was playing the match with his mates
when he got into a disagreement with one Kayode Babayanju who stabbed
him in the hollow of his left elbow.
Vanguard reported that trouble started when youths from Taiwo street came to meet youths of Oseni Liade Street who were playing football with boys from their neighboring street.
The Taiwo street boys asked that they be allowed to play football as
well. The Oseni Laide boys asked them to wait till after the match they
were playing.
After the first half of the friendly match, the boys from Taiwo street
insisted they wanted to play at that moment. There was an argument which
degenerated into a fight. It was during the fight that Kayode stabbed
Tanko.
After the stabbing, Tanko chased Kayode until he became dizzy and slumped. He was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead on arrival. He bled to death as a major artery on his elbow was cut as a result of the stab.
Tanko was an orphan who came to live with his uncle in Lagos last year after the death of his only sibling.
Meanwhile the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, Superintendent Dolapo Badmus who confirmed the incident, said efforts are being made to arrest Kayode who is presently on the run. “Effort is being intensified to arrest the suspect who fled the scene immediately after committing the offence. The corpse has been deposited at the Isolo General Hospital morgue.”she said
After the stabbing, Tanko chased Kayode until he became dizzy and slumped. He was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead on arrival. He bled to death as a major artery on his elbow was cut as a result of the stab.
Tanko was an orphan who came to live with his uncle in Lagos last year after the death of his only sibling.
Meanwhile the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, Superintendent Dolapo Badmus who confirmed the incident, said efforts are being made to arrest Kayode who is presently on the run. “Effort is being intensified to arrest the suspect who fled the scene immediately after committing the offence. The corpse has been deposited at the Isolo General Hospital morgue.”she said
