Nigerian kills Fellow National Over Ronaldo and Messi Seniority
Adetokunbo Fakeye with agency report
A Nigerian residing in India has stabbed another Nigerian to death over an argument about their favourite football player between Ronaldo and Messi.
According to BBC report, the deceased, Obina Durumchukwu, 34, was killed after he and fellow Nigerian national Michael Chuckwuma, 21, began fighting at a party over who was the best footballer in the world – Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.
The report has it that the friends had been at a party in Mumbai, southern India, on Saturday night, when the fight began to escalate.
Indian police, it was reported stated that the men had been discussing the football players when, during the quarrel, “the deceased threw a glass into the face of the accused person”.
The glass reportedly broke and caused minor injuries, police said. “After that the accused took the broken glass and assaulted the deceased person who died due to heavy bleeding.”
Report by The Telegraph claimed that Chuckwumba had used the shard of glass to cut Durumchukwu’s throat.
