A man identified as Gordon Daniel was arrested by the police in Ajegunle area of Lagos State yesterday, August 17th, 2016 after he was reported by his neigbour, Saidat Shakiru for allegedly poisoning her pot of soup.
Daniel who had an argument with Saidat over unpaid electricity bill prior to the event, reportedly used insecticide (sniper) to poison Saidat’s soup.
According to the Nation, Saidat first reported the issue to the chief of their community who in turn reported the matter to police which led to the arrest of Daniel.
When asked about the issue, Daniel said he had no intention of poisoning Saidat’s pot of soup but she was always getting on his nerves by insulting him;
The woman has been insulting me over electricity bill. I don’t know what got over me so I decided to put sniper inside their soup to punish her. I am sorry. I regret what I have done. She insulted me so much because of the electricity bill if not I don’t have any problem with her and her husband.
Explaining further, a resident in the community said;
Sadiat and the suspect were at home when she was cooking the soup. The woman allegedly went outside to buy something and before she came back Daniel had doused sniper into the soup she was cooking. When the woman opened the soup pot she perceived an offensive odour from the soup and she sensed foul play. The angry woman drew the attention of the landlady to what she had observed. Her landlady asked whom she suspected. Since there was nobody at home, she accused Daniel of the deed. When her husband, Shakiru returned from work, she explained her predicament about the soup she was cooking and the matter was moved to the Baale. After carrying out investigation, the Baale handed over the suspect to the police alongside the pot of soup.
A police officer at Ajegunle Command, confirmed the incident saying that a case has been filed against the suspected and was going to be transferred to the criminal investigation and intelligence department.
