MEN of the Abia State Police Command have arrested a final year Polytechnic student who killed his landlord in the commercial city of Aba by stabbing him in the stomach during a disagreement over allowing females into his accommodation.
According to the police, the Abia State Polytechnic student, identified only as Abel, killed the landlord of one of the students’ lodges in the Immaculate area of Aba. Abel, a final year student of the Department of Architecture and his landlord fell out after the victim had ordered that no female visitor was allowed to spend the night in the lodge.
Abel was alleged to have breached the rule and was challenged by the landlord, which led to a fight between them. In the ensuing scuffle, the suspect was alleged to have grabbed a knife and stabbed the victim in the stomach, before taking to his heels.
Consequently, the landlord died on the spot and his remains were recovered by the police and deposited in a mortuary. According to eyewitnesses, the landlord barged into the room and met Abel and his girlfriend naked, which caused the fight, leading to the unfortunate death.
One eyewitness said: “The deceased had made a rule that no student living in the lodge should bring a lady to pass the night there. He also made it a rule that every visitor, be it male or female, must leave before night falls.
“However, the suspect brought home a female guest in the evening and both of them went inside his room. The caretaker of the lodge saw them and waited for them to come out but they didn’t, so he then put a call through to the landlord, who hurriedly went to the building around 9pm."
Upon arrival, the landlord barged into the student’s room where he met both the lady and the student naked. Instead of excusing himself, he attacked the student with punches and the lady quickly grabbed a wrapper and ran out of the room into another student’s room in the lodge.
As the confrontation continued, the student stabbed the landlord with a knife, put on his boxers and fled that night, leaving the landlord dead in his room. The police were said to have launched a manhunt for the suspect with his picture posted at strategic areas in the school.
Abia State Police Command spokesman Nta Ogbonnaya, said: “Yes, there is a case of murder involving a student of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, who stabbed his landlord in the stomach. I, however, want to advise him that he should submit himself to the police voluntarily and I assure that wherever he decides to go, we will get him and he will face justice.”
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