He was apprehended along with one Tunde, who had fought with the now late Abdullahi.
Bello had allegedly used a plank to hit Abdullahi on the head, he slumped and die afterwards.
It was learnt that the victim, whose address had yet to be known, was scavenging at a rubbish dump around Ogudu Grammar School when an altercation broke out between him and Tunde, who reportedly challenged his movement in the area.
It was gathered that the disagreement led to fisticuffs during which one Olanrewaju called Bello to join him in separating the fighters. But the scrap collector reportedly felt that he had been humiliated by Tunde while Bello was separating them.
According to Punch, he was said to have abused the peacemaker, who became angry in the process and attacked him with a plank.
A mechanic in the area, who gave his name as Kehinde Bamidele, said that Abdullahi collapsed and was rushed to the Gbagada General Hospital where he died.
He said, “I don’t really know what led to the fight between Tunde and Ismaila (Abdullahi). But a friend said Tunde wanted to stop him from picking scraps. After Mohammed (Bello) had separated them, Ismaila started abusing him, saying Mohammed gave Tunde an advantage to punch him while separating them.
“Mohammed told Ismaila that he was rude to him and vowed to deal with him if he persisted. But he continued to abuse Mohammed, who became angry. He hit Ismaila with a plank on the head. He fell and later died at a hospital.”
Another eyewitness said the case was reported to policemen at the Area H Command, Ogudu, who arrested Bello and Tunde.
“Ismail is from the North. I only see him around; I don’t know his family,” he added.
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