Wonders are not likely to end
soon. To think that man’s inhumanity to man has got to this extent is the
height of madness. According to report by Punch, the Lagos State Police Command
has arrested a woman, Helen Okeke, who allegedly killed her neighbour,
identified only as Rose, in the Ikota, Ajah area of the state.
PUNCH reports…
PUNCH Metro learnt that Okeke slit
Rose’s throat after the duo reportedly had an argument over who poured urine on
the latter’s clothes that were spread on the entrance door to her room.
The incident occurred at about
5pm last Wednesday in the Ikota Housing Estate, Ikota Second Gate area.
Our correspondent gathered that
Rose, who was reportedly preparing for her wedding, had returned from work in
the afternoon, and noticed a foul smell on the clothes spread on her door.
It was learnt that the deceased
went to the landlady, Alhaja Iyabo Hamzat, to report the matter. The landlady
was said to have pacified her, offering to give her the money to buy some
detergent to wash the clothes.
It was gathered that after some
minutes, other neighbours, however, heard Rose’s sudden cry for help in the
corridor. The suspect was said to have been found holding the deceased by the
neck, with a bloodstained kitchen knife in her hand.
Our correspondent gathered that
Rose died before she could be rushed to a nearby hospital.
The matter was said to have been
reported to the Ajah Police Division, Ajiwe, and Okeke was arrested.
When PUNCH Metro visited the
apartment on Friday, Alhaja Hamzat said she had served a notice to Okeke,
commonly known as Mama Chinedu, on several occasions to pack out of the house,
adding that the suspect refused to leave.
She said, “At about 5pm that day,
Rose came to my apartment. She said she came to report Iya Chinedu.
“She said when she returned from
her workplace, she found her curtain, towel and other clothes drenched with
urine. She said she suspected that it was Iya Chinedu who poured the substance
on her clothes.
“I begged Rose and told her that
I would give her money to buy detergent to wash the clothes. She had hardly
returned to her room when we heard screams of ‘help help!’ We all rushed there
and we saw Rose in a pool of blood with Iya Chinedu holding a bloodstained
knife.
“With shock, we rushed Rose to a
hospital, but she died on the way.
“Iya Chinedu moved into my house
just last year. She moved in with her son. The son later left, saying she was
fed up with her mother. I had served her quit notices on several occasions, but
she refused to move out.
“I went to the police at Ikota to
report her, but the policemen there said they would not meddle in
landlord-tenants’ affairs.”
Another resident, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that Okeke had been moody before that
day.
Another resident in the area,
identified only as Blessing, said after Okeke had stabbed her neighbour, some
angry youths beat her up.
She said, “Mama Chinedu did not
show any remorse at all. Some boys became angry and beat her up.
“Everyone was shocked, and wanted
to find out what offence was committed that made Okeke to stab the young lady.”
The Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.
He added that the matter would be
transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for
further investigation.
He said, “The police visited the
scene and removed the corpse to a public morgue in Yaba.
“The suspect has also been
arrested. She will be transferred to the SDCI after the police have concluded
their preliminary investigations.”
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