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Tenant kills landlord over electricity bill in Ogun

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old woman identified as Ifeoma Ossai for allegedly killing her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Oladele, over a disagreement regarding the electricity bill.

According to the Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Oladele, had a fight with his tenant over an electricity bill, and in the process, the said tenant grabbed his manhood and dragged him with it.

Oyeyemi the DPO Ota division, Saleh Dahiru, led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and taken into custody for investigation.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed that the deceased asked her to pay for the electricity bill, but she insisted that until water is directly connected to her apartment as promised by the landlord before she packed in she will not pay the electricity or any other utility bill.

“This led to a scuffle between them consequence upon which the suspect grabbed the manhood of the deceased and dragged him with it.

“The deceased subsequently slumped, and he was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty,” Oyeyemi said.

He said the corpse has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for a postmortem.

Oyeyemi quoted the Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, to have ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

 

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