32-year old man arrested for beating 30-year old cigarette seller to death over N50 change

Police have arrested a 32-year old man, Biodun Adebiyi, for beating a 30-year old cigarette seller to death over N50 change. The suspect, who was arrested on December 5 by detectives from Idiroko divisional headquarters, had gone to a shop in the Ajegunle area of Idiroko to buy cigarettes where one Mukaila Adamu attended to him. About eight hours later around 10pm, the suspect returned to the shop, demanding his N50 change from Mukaila and in an ensuing argument, he beat the seller to death. The father of the deceased, one Adamu Abubakar, who reported the incident, told detectives that

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