The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed that a 21-year-old Gafar, on Tuesday evening, allegedly stabbed 25-year-old Usman Tunde to death during an argument over a choice of woman in Ilorin.

The state police spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the command received a distress call around 2:30 am on Wednesday and promptly dispatched officers to the scene.

She said the police team that went to the culprit couldn’t find him, as he and the entire extended family in the family compound had fled to an unknown destination.

The Guardian Newspaper reliably learnt that Gafar and Usman, from Ile Olowo in the same area, were close friends in the neighbourhood of Oja Gboro.

According to an eyewitness, the deceased and his alleged killer started the argument over a woman in the Oja Gboro at a sugarcane vendor stand.

A police source (names withheld) later informed that the light argument later degenerated to a violent confrontation with Gafar, allegedly stabbing Tunde in the chest with a knife.

“We heard that they were arguing over a girlfriend they were both interested in, and that before the passers-by could stop them, Gafar had allegedly brought out a knife and stabbed and killed his friend,” the police source added.

Meanwhile, the victim, a resident of Ile-Soro 2, in Oja Gboro, Ilorin, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, from where he was referred to the General Hospital, Ilorin, where he was confirmed dead on arrival.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Adekimi Ojo has commended the residents of Oja Gboro for maintaining peace and refraining from resorting to jungle justice.

He said: “We understand the pain of losing a loved one in such a tragic way, but we urge everyone to remain calm as the police intensify efforts to bring the suspect to justice.”

In other news, the police in Enugu State have charged 46-year-old Livinus Okoh with the murder of his wife, Onyinyechi, at Amuri, Nkanu West LGA of the state.

This was even as the Enugu State Government had condemned the alleged killing in strong terms, assuring that it would do all in its power to ensure justice.

Okoh was arraigned before Magistrate Uche Jideofor, Court 3 of Enugu East, Enugu Magisterial District.

In the case, Commissioner of Police vs. Livinus Aniegbunam Okoh, marked CME/821C/2025 and with C.O. Ugwu Esq. and A.C. Amalu Esq. as Prosecutors, the Police accused Okoh of killing Onyinye by hitting her with an axe on October 8, 2025.

“That you, Livinus Aniegbunam Okoh ‘m’, on the 8th day of October, 2025, at about 0400 hours at Umuedum Amuri in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did unlawfully kill one Onyinye Okoh ‘f’, aged 46 years, by hitting her with an axe on her lower jaw, which led to her death and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 274 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 30, Vol. II, Revised Laws of Enugu State of Nigeria,” the charge read.