A student of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), Delta State, has killed his younger brother over a bathroom slippers.
The siblings, both students of the institution got into a fight at Hostel C on the university campus at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to reports, trouble began over a prolonged disagreement linked to a bathroom slipper.
The elder brother had reportedly summoned the victim to the hostel backyard to resolve the issue but it generated into confrontation during which the suspect was said to have stabbed his younger brother several times with a dagger before fleeing the scene.
The lifeless body of the victim on the ground was videoed and posted online where it sparked intense interest.
“It was a misunderstanding between two brothers of the same parents. We are trying to get the young man who committed this heinous crime and hand him over to the police. As of now, we are still looking for him,” the Vice-Chancellor of FUPRE, Prof. Ezekiel Agbalagba, said in a statement he released on the incident.
