Governor Akpos, a police sergeant on Friday stabbed his cousin, Yerins Sapele, also a police sergeant, to death over what was described as minor disagreement in the Edepie area of Bayelsa State.
Friends of the two policemen, aid that the cousins attended a marriage ceremony at a popular hotel along INEC Road in Yenagoa metropolis, where they had minor joke the deceased cracked on the table they were seated.
Akpos who is said to be short-tempered, it was learnt, did not feel happy about the joke and reacted to it in a violent manner.
Eye witnesses further said that they were almost engaged in fisticuffs, when friends stepped in and settled the two policemen.
After the peace between the two policemen was reached, it was further gathered, the two brothers left the venue with belief that they were going to their separate homes.
According to the source, the vengeance- hungry Akpos, instead of going home, trailed Yerins to a secluded place and stabbed him with a dagger on the left part of the ribs which killed him instantly.
Background investigation revealed that both Akpos and Yerins are cousins from Torugbene Community, Delta State, serving in Bayelsa State.
However, the Nigerian Police Force, Bayelsa State Command, was yet to react to the incident at press time.
