Man identified as Patrick Chukwu has shot dead his elder brother, Benedict Chukwu, in Elele-Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers state, over an argument that ensued because of parking space.
According to reports, late Benedict who was shot dead by his younger brother on February 13, 2023, was a 44-year-old patent medicine shop owner.
Confirming the incident to news men, Former General Secretary of Elele-Alimini Community Development Committee, Ambassador Joseph Asomeji, said the duo had an argument over Patrick’s decision to block a space where his elder brother usually parks his motor bike in their family compound.
Asomeji said; “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.
“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.”
Asomeji further said that “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.”
Patrick reportedly fled the scene after perpetuating the crime but he is being hunted by the Rivers state Police Command.