The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a resident of Shobowale Street in the Alagbado area of the state, Victoria Alaba, for allegedly killing the wife of her landlord during a scuffle.
Punch learnt that the deceased, Mrs. Amosa Ogunyemi, had ordered
Alaba and other tenants not to wash dirty clothes at a section on the premises
as the compound was being messed up.
It was said that the
suspect ignored the order and was washing on the premises on Saturday when
Ogunyemi approached her and told her to vacate the spot.
Punch’s correpondent
gathered that Alaba declined the directive, causing an altercation between the
two.
A source close to the
family told Punch
that Alaba, said to be in her 30s, pounced on the deceased and beat her up,
while another resident said they engaged in a scuffle during which Ogunyemi
gave up the ghost.
It was learnt that the
landlord’s wife, who was said to be in her late 50s, was rushed to a hospital
in the area, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident in a text
message, adding that the suspect was transferred to the State Department of
Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.
She said, “The
Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has ordered the case to be transferred
to the SDCI for discreet investigation. The name of the tenant is Victoria
Alaba while that of the deceased is Amosa Ogunyemi.”
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