The police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old farmer, Livinus Michael Eweje, for allegedly k*lling his cousin during a fi*ht in Oloru village.
The suspect and his cousin, Emmanuel Eba, were fi*hting on July 21, 2021, when the cousin suddenly sl*mped and d*ed. Since then, Micheal has been into hiding until he was arrested recently.
Speaking in an interview with Crime Guard, he said, “A few months back, I started hearing rumours that I was not clearing my client’s farmland properly. I later found out that it was Emmanuel that was busy spreading falsehood against me.
I confronted him and even reported him to our elders. I thought he would stop but he didn’t. When I got another job, the owner reluctantly paid me N10,000 advance for a job that would take up to a week to finish.
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I went ahead to clear the farmland. But when I called the owner who is based in Abuja for my balance, he told me he won’t pay me the balance until he comes in person to inspect the work. When I demanded to know why, he said Emmanuel had warned him about me.
I was so angry. I rushed home, met Emmanuel and confronted him. Instead of apologising, he started laughing. I told him to go and retract his statement about me if he wanted peace. He continued laughing, saying he would not.
I lost my cool because that was the only means of survival for me. We started fi*hting and during the process he slumped and was rushed to the general hospital. I was in the farm, when I heard people crying that Emmanuel was d*ad and I had to run away.
I am sorry and I beg for forgiveness. I know that I cannot bring back the d*ad. I only wanted to teach him a lesson.”
