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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A 25-year-old man, Abdulraman Rabiu, has allegedly stabbed his cousin, Adamu Abubakar, to death during a fight in the North Bank area of Makurdi, Benue State.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at Lafia Garage.<\/p>\n

A police source said: \u201cIt was reported that the suspect stabbed his 35-year-old cousin, Adamu Abubakar, during a physical altercation between them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source added that, after the incident, an angry mob attacked the suspect and beat him severely before he was rescued and taken to Divine Love Hospital, Low Level, Makurdi, for medical attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the suspect and the victim were taken to the same hospital, where Adamu was confirmed dead while receiving treatment,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n

The police said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, for further investigation.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A 25-year-old man, Abdulraman Rabiu, has allegedly stabbed his cousin, Adamu Abubakar, to death during a fight in the North Bank area of Makurdi, Benue State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at Lafia Garage. A police source said: \u201cIt was reported that the suspect stabbed his 35-year-old cousin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[331,254,13529],"class_list":["post-171202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-benue","tag-nigeria","tag-stabs"],"yoast_head":"\nMan stabs cousin to death during fight in Benue - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 25-year-old man, Abdulraman Rabiu, has allegedly stabbed his cousin, Adamu Abubakar, to death during a fight in the No ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man stabs cousin to death during fight in Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 25-year-old man, Abdulraman Rabiu, has allegedly stabbed his cousin, Adamu Abubakar, to death during a fight in the No ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T10:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-25T11:29:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430483.312115.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Man stabs cousin to death during fight in Benue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-25T10:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-25T11:29:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753430483.312115.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\",\"stabs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-stabs-cousin-to-death-during-fight-in-benue\",\"name\":\"Man stabs cousin to death during fight in Benue - 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