PHOTO: Drinker stabs barman for looking at him, girlfriend

A barman, who works in a hotel located on Obokun
Avenue, in the Ojodu area of Lagos, is battling with wounds he sustained during an ‘unprovoked’ attack
by a customer.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the alleged attacker, Kelvin Friday, a resident of Ojodu-Abiodun, Ogun
State, allegedly stabbed the barman, who he accused of staring at him and his girlfriend.

It was gathered that Friday and his girlfriend, whose name had yet to be ascertained, had gone
to drink in the hotel around 6pm on October 21,
when the incident happened.

The victim, Simeon Tenebe, claimed he was brooding on an issue he had discussed with his
sister earlier in the day when the 25-year-old man
confronted him. He added that Friday interpreted
his stare for rebuke and challenged him to a scuffle.

Friday reportedly smashed the bottle of beer he
was drinking on the barman, inflicting injuries on
his face and head. His girlfriend, it was learnt, fled
the scene when Tenebe started bleeding.

Prior to the incident, it was said that Friday had accused the barman of being unpleasant while
attending to him and his girlfriend.
Our correspondent also gathered that Tenebe reported the incident to the police, who arrested
the suspect and charged him to an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for assault.

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