According to
punch, Abdullahi slaughtered the 85-year-old landlady with a knife
during an altercation over N9,000, said to be an amount the landlady was
supposed to pay Abdullahi for a service rendered.
It was learnt
that the service was the roofing of one of the rooms in the house, which
Abdullahi reportedly coordinated and demanded N9,000 from the landlady.
It was gathered that
Olasupo, popularly called Iya Ibadan, had accused Abdullahi of being a
trouble maker, and had got the police to arrest the tenant and eject him
from the house.
However, on Friday, Abdullahi allegedly sneaked into her landlady’s room at about 8pm, and slaughtered her with a knife.
It was learnt that other tenants and neighbours later found the woman in a pool of blood.
The matter was thereafter reported at the Ibafo Police Division, and Abdullahi was arrested.
When PUNCH Metro visited
Akinpelu Street, where the landlady stayed, it was learnt that
Olasupo’s remains had been taken to Ibadan and buried by her family.
A tenant, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said Abdullahi, who had been with the landlady
for about four years, cut the woman’s neck with a knife and staggered
out, behaving like a drunken man.
He said, “On Friday, we
were sleeping when there was an alarm at about 10pm. All of us rushed
into the landlady’s room, and found her in a pool of blood. There were
knife cuts on her neck and other parts of her body. Abdullahi was still
around the area.
“Abdullahi used to be a
good friend of the landlady, but they fell out about two weeks ago.
There was an issue bordering on the roofing of one of the rooms in the
house, and Abdullahi was the one who coordinated the people who worked
there.
“I think the work was not
properly done, and the man demanded N9,000 from the landlady as payment
for the work. So, they had a disagreement.
“Some days ago, the
landlady brought policemen from Ibafo to warn Abdullahi, and to ask him
to leave the house. His property was thrown out, and the landlady warned
him not to return to the house.”
The tenant added that
they were shocked when Abdullahi, who had threatened to deal with the
landlady, then showed up on Friday to attack the woman in her room.
A resident in the area,
identified as Akinlade, said Abdullahi had planned to disguise out of
the area, and escape police arrest.
He said, “On that day,
after returning from the landlady’s room and feigning that he was drunk,
he slipped into another tenant’s room and changed clothes. He was about
escaping when the other tenants caught him.
Olasupo’s grandson,
Olaide, told our correspondent that the landlady was taken to her
hometown in Ibadan for burial, adding that the Hausa community in Ibafo
had also met with the family on the incident.
He said, “Mama has been
buried already, and we do not want to interfere with the police
investigations. The man has been arrested, and he is in Ibafo Police
Division. The Seriki of the Hausa community in Ibafo has met with us.
“Abdullahi, apart from
the recent clash, had also at a time sold some of mama’s livestock, and
failed to remit the money. When she asked him to leave the house , he
threatened that he would kill the landlady, but we all thought it was a
joke.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
The police spokesman
added that the matter had been transferred to the State Department of
Criminal Investigation, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
He said, “The suspect is
in our custody, and investigations are ongoing on the matter. The matter
is now with the SDCI, Abeokuta. When we conclude our investigation, the
suspect will definitely be charged to court.”
No comments:
Post a Comment