A roadside petrol seller identified as Akpan Okon has allegedly burnt his friend to death over a phone charger. He reportedly set the victim identified as Junior Ime Philip ablaze and left him to die after a disagreement over a phone charger.
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested the suspect and confirmed the incident.
According to the Police Commissioner , Olatoye Durosinmi, the suspect doused the victim with petrol during an altercation and ignited the fire that lead to Philip’s death.
He said “On 15th December 2022 relying on a petition from Rev. Emmanuel Ime ‘m’ of Ikot Ekwere Ubium Village in Nsit Ublum LGA, at about 6:30pm, operatives of the homicide unit of the SCID Uyo, arrested one Akpan Okon Akpan ‘m’ of same address who poured fuel on his brother, one Junior Ime Philip and set him ablaze leading to his death because of a disagreement over a phone charger.”
Narrating what led to his action, the suspect said, “I don’t know the guy before, he ran into my shop and said he was looking for someone who collected his charger, I told him that such a person was not in my shop. Out of anger, he took a bottle and started fighting me and I fought back.
“I used the petrol I’m selling and poured it on him, honestly I didn’t know what I was doing until he started burning and people gathered, we were trying to put out the fire but it was already late because when they took him to hospital, he died there.”
