Tenant Stabs Landlord To Death After Being Queried For ‘Bringing Too Many Women To The House’ (graphic photo)

Police in Anambra state have arrested a 21-year-old man, Onyeamachi Mmaju, pictured above, for allegedly stabbing his 35-year-old landlord, Nonso Oyikoba, to death in Ogidi Ani-Etiti in Idemili North LGA of the state on Tuesday, October 6.

According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, police operatives attached to Ogidi Division led by the DPO CSP Ekuri Remigius, received a report of the tragic incident, and visited the scene.

On getting to the venue of incident, the victim was found in a pool of his blood and was rushed to Iyi Enu Mission hospital, Ogidi for medical attention where he was certified dead by the medical doctor on arrival.

Haruna said a careful observation on the deceased body revealed a stab wound on his back while a blood-stained knife allegedly used in perpetrating the act was also recovered as an exhibit at the scene.

The statement reads in part;

Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased allegedly had a short quarrel over “bringing of too many women into the compound” that eventually led to a scuffle which resulted to the deceased being stabbed to dead.

Haruna said the Commissioner of Police, CP John B.Abang, has ordered for the case to be transferred to the State Criminal investigation department (SCID) for discreet investigation after which the suspect would be charged to Court for prosecution.