Police arrest landlord for killing tenant’s wife

Tunde Alabi allegedly killed his tenant’s wife.

The owner of a building in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, Tunde Alabi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing the wife of one of his tenants following a brawl which ensued between him and the husband of the deceased.

The 46-year-old suspect, who was paraded weekend at the Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, was, according to the police, said to have engaged his tenant, Adelabi Dehinde, an official of the Nigerian Immigration Service, in a fight in the house, located at 6 Kadiri Avenue, Oluwo Ope-Ilu. The Commissioner of Police, Musa Daura, said the accused, who resides in the same compound, hit Mr Dehinde on the head with a plank, in the course of the fight. The wife of the tenant, Tolake Akinola, came to the rescue of her hubby. Mr Alabi allegedly hit the 40-year-old woman with the plank on her forehead, following which she collapsed and was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, where she reportedly died some hours later.

Mr Daura said the suspect has confessed to the crime and will be charged to court on completion of investigation. Mr Alabi said that he regretted his action, adding that explaining that he did not mean to kill her. “The husband and the wife descended on me, and the only way to react is the use of the plank available, but I don’t know it can kill,” he said. “I want to beg for forgiveness. I know that who kills will be killed, but I don’t mean to kill the woman. Please the authority should temper justice with mercy for me.”

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