A middle aged man, named Oghenekparobo Kpedi was stabbed to death by yet to be identified run away armed bandits in Ginuwa Road at about 8pm on Monday March 16, 2020.
Kpabo as he was popularly called, aged 41 years,met his untimely death when he was said to have walked into the hands of men of the underworld who were said to have robbed a pregnant woman moment before the sad incident.
He was said to have been stabbed severally at his chest region by the hoodlums who did not dispossess him of his handset, money and other belongings
Meanwhile the incident has thrown relations, friends of Kpabo and other residents of the area into mourning as the disease whose father has a compound close to where he was murdered was said to be very popular.
The remains of Kpabo who hailed from Egini in Udu Local Government Area have since been deposited at the mortuary of the Warri Central Hospital.
Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer to confirm the incident proved abortive.
Meanwhile those who spoke to our correspondent on the incident described Ginuwa and the adjoining streets as the most dangerous areas in Warri and Uvwie in terms of insecurity.
Some of the respondents in the area suggested that a government security post be established in the area in order to reduce the frequent operations of hoodlums.
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