A man in the Ipaja area of Lagos State can count himself lucky to be alive after his elder brother attacked him with a machete over a pot of soup.

WuzupNigeria gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday night around 11 pm after the younger sibling refused to give his elder brother from the soup.

According to the men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, who shared details about the incident on their Twitter handle, @rrslagos767, the younger sibling got a cut from his head down his cheek to his chin.

After cutting his brother, the attacker was said to have fled the scene.

The RRS tweeted,

“Last night at about 11:00 pm our officers on patrol along Ipaja assisted a man who got macheted from the head to the cheek by his brother over a pot of soup.

“We assisted him before handing the case to over to Ipaja Police Division for investigation. Efforts are in progress to apprehend the brother who is at large.”

WuzupNigeria reports that the brothers’ names were not given.

 

Last night at about 11:00pm our officers on patrol along Ipaja assisted a man who got machetted from the head to the cheek by his brother over a pot of soup. pic.twitter.com/p7NmR5LlVQ

— Rapid Response Squad (@rrslagos767) November 26, 2019