Man Arrested After Killing His Older Brother Over Parking Space

The Rivers State Police Command has begun looking for Patrick Chukwu, 40 after he ran away after killing his older brother Benedict Chukwu in Elele-Alimini in the state’s Emohua Local Government Area.

According to reports, the suspect shot and killed Benedict, a 44-year-old owner of a patent medicine store, on Monday, February 13, 2023, after a dispute over packing space.

Ambassador Joseph Asomeji, a former general secretary of the Elele-Alimini Community Development Committee, verified the occurrence to newsmen and claimed that Patrick caused the conflict by blocking the deceased’s intended place to park his motorcycle in their family compound.

“Both of them are my cousins. The issue was that the elder brother, the late Mr Benedict Chukwu, came home from his daily hustling to the family house where both of them lived,” he explained.

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“The younger brother, Mr Patrick Chukwu used chairs to block access to where Benedict Chukwu was to carry his motorbike and cross.

“The late elder brother pleaded with the younger brother to allow him access to pass with his bike inside the family house where both of them were living, but the younger brother refused to remove the chairs that were blocking the road.

“Angrily,Mr. Benedict used his legs to kick the chairs out of the way, then the younger brother picked up a wedge to hit the elder brother.

“But neighbours came out and removed the wedge from his hand. The younger brother went inside again and picked up a machete, the neighbours gathered him and collected the machete from him.

“As if that was not enough, the younger brother ran inside again and brought a hunter’s gun and fired immediately at the elder brother’s neck, killing him instantly.”

He stated that the deceased younger sibling fled the scene soon after committing the act, adding that the incident has been reported to the police.

“The incident is condemnable. We don’t know what came over him to have committed the offence. The fact remains that both of them are bloodily related. They are of the same parents. We condemn the act. Somebody who commits a crime must have to face the law,” he added.