A Nigerian in India has been arrested and charged with murdering his friend after a heated argument over who between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s best footballer, AFP news agency reports.
The police say Michael Chukwuma, 21, got into a heated argument with his friend Obina Durumchukwu,34, on Sunday afternoon in the northern Mumbai suburb of Nallasopara, before stabbing him when they couldn’t agree on who was the better footballer between the Argentine and the Portuguese.
The two Nigerians had apparently gotten together on Saturday night to celebrate Mr. Durumchukwu’s birthday, but the following morning an argument over football took a twist for the worst.
“The two Nigerian youngsters were discussing football players. One is a fan of [Barcelona’s] Messi and the other was for [Real Madrid’s] Ronaldo. During the conversation a quarrel has taken place,” Reuters report the inspector to say.
“The deceased threw a glass into the face of the accused person. The glass broke and caused small injuries. After that the accused took the broken glass and assaulted the deceased person who died due to heavy bleeding,” he added.
