A 21-year-old hoodlum identified as, Lati Elepo on Tuesday
stabbed a landlord to death at Itire area of Lagos State, when hoodlums picked
up fight against each other along the street. The landlord reportedly went in
between the fight to ask the hoodlums to leave his area when one of them
stabbed.
The landlord who is
a father of three slumped as sustaining a deep cut. The culprit was then
arrested by residents while other hoodlums escaped. The matter was reported at
the Itire Police Station.
Friends and family members rushed the landlord to a private
hospital in the area, from where he was referred to the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, where he was confirmed dead.
His corpse was afterwards brought to the Itire division.
The hoodlums, numbering six boys, had come from Osindero
Street to meet one Balogun, who they claimed owed them about N30,000. The hoodlums
started trouble on the street, when they did not meet Balogun at home.
7 Comments
This is very sad.
ReplyDeleteI don't if is it that these street touts enjoy killing...we'll a lot happens after abuse of alcohol & drugs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity?
ReplyDeleteHow could he have join words with such people?
ReplyDeleteIt is a sorry sight
ReplyDeletePeople can be very wicked.
ReplyDeleteAwaiting trial of 15yrs in Kirikiri
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