A 27-year-old man, Michael Abodurin, has been stabbed to death by hoodlums sent by his landlady, Mrs. Idowu Adenekan, in the Oworonsoki area of Lagos.
According to Punch, the deceased’s friend borrowed N200 from the landlady last year, and when it dawned on the landlady that the debtor wasn't going to pay back the money, she allegedly unleashed her thugs on the carpenter and his friend. A bottle was said to have been smashed on Abodurin's head after which he was stabbed with a pair of scissors in the chest. He died before he could get medical help.
The incident happened this past Saturday around 11pm at Adeyiga Odunukan Close in Oworonsoki. A resident who pleaded anonymity said:
"I had just returned from work that day when I met them arguing over N200.
"I was told that Abodurin’s friend had owed the landlady the money since last year and he had not visited the house since then...
"But he came on a visit that Saturday and when the landlady saw him, she demanded her money, which the man said he did not have.
"She insisted on collecting the money from him despite interventions from the people around.
"When everybody saw that she would not let the matter rest, Abodurin offered to pay the money, but she refused. Her aged father also gave her the money, but she refused. At least three people offered to pay the money, but she insisted that the debtor must pay her."
Another resident, Chigozie Odinaka, who described the landlady as troublesome woman said:
"As the fight degenerated, Adenekan was struck with a bottle in the head. As he was going to report at the police station, one of the hoodlums went after him and stabbed him in the chest with a scissors, which led to his death," he added.
The matter was later reported at the Oworonsoki Police Division, and the landlady and a suspect, who stabbed the deceased, were taken into custody. Some aggrieved friends of the deceased threatened to burn down the house. Other tenants living the house are said to have started packing out.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the case, adding that woman and another suspect now being held at the State Department of Criminal Investigations.
He said, "It was initially reported as a case of assault until it was learnt that the man died."
What a sad story. May his soul rest in peace.