Lagos woman ends up killing landlady during altercation over spreading of laundry

MEN of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested Victoria Alaba for allegedly killing her landlord's wife Amosa Ogunyemi during a scuffle over a domestic dispute over laundry in their compound.

 

According to the police, Mrs Ogunyemi, had ordered Mrs Alaba and other tenants not to wash dirty clothes at a section on the premises as the compound was being messed up. Apparently, the suspect ignored the order and was washing on the premises on Saturday when Mrs Ogunyemi approached her and told her to vacate the spot.

 

Mrs Alaba apparently declined the directive, causing an altercation between the two. In the ensuing fight, Mrs Alaba, said to be in her 30s, pounced on the deceased and beat her up, while another resident said they engaged in a scuffle during which Mrs Ogunyemi gave up the ghost.

 

Apparently the landlord’s wife, who was said to be in her late 50s, was rushed to a hospital in the area but was pronounced dead on arrival. According to one eyewitness who identified himself simply as Adamu, said the argument between the two women led to a fight.

 

He added: “The landlord’s wife had warned on several occasions that tenants should stop washing clothes at the spot, but Victoria Alaba did not listen. On Saturday, she chose to wash her dirty clothes at the spot again and the landlord’s wife walked up to her and told her to leave the spot.

 

"She refused and they started exchanging words and she then pounced on Amosa Ogunyemi and pushed her to the ground. The woman became unconscious and was rushed to a nearby hospital, but she died and the tenant has been arrested by policemen from the Alagbado division.”

 

Following the death, the distraught widower and his identified as Kazeem, said the family members were not interested in taking any legal action against the suspect, adding that their mother had been buried according to Islamic rites. Superintendant Dolapo Badmos of the Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect was transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.