The police in Lagos have arrested a woman identified as Ndifreke Femi, 30, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death.
Although the incident allegedly occurred at Block 109, Ikota Housing Estate Ajah, the suspect is currently being held at the Homicide Unit, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti-Yaba.
According to The Nation, the police have launched a manhunt for the suspect’s husband who had allegedly fled his residence since the incident occurred.
It was gathered that the mother of two stabbed her neighbour identified as Ayomide Ayenuwa, 28, on the neck with a kitchen knife when he attempted to settle a rift between her and her husband.
According to their neighbours, the deceased had gone into the Femi’s home to pay his electricity bill but met the couple having a scuffle over N20,000 the woman claimed her husband had stolen.
He was said to have made efforts to broker peace between them to no avail and as he was leaving their apartment, the angry woman rushed to her kitchen, picked a kitchen knife and stabbed him on the neck.
It was learnt that other neighbours rushed him to Peninsula Hospital in Ajah but he was referred to the General Hospital, Akodo. He died on their way to the general hospital.
A neighbour who gave his name as James Peter while narrating the incident said it occurred at about 5pm.
“When he got to their room, he saw the husband and wife quarrelling. Ndifreke was accusing her husband of stealing the N20,000 she hid under their mattress. Her husband denied the allegation but she was ready for a fight.
“It was at this point that Ayenuwa made efforts to settle the quarrelling couple but they kept fighting each other. Ayenuwa appealed to Ndifreke to take the matter easy but she descended on him and started calling him names. She told him to mind his business.
“That was how Ayenuwa left the couple to their trouble. As he was walking away, Ndifreke ran into the kitchen and brought out a kitchen knife which she used to stab Ayenuwa on his neck from behind. Neighbours made efforts to save Ayenuwa’s life while others held Ndifreke down and almost lynched her.
“The neighbours with Ayenuwa’s family rushed him to the Peninsula Hospital at Ajah for treatment but he was referred to the General Hospital at Akodo. Sadly, he died on his way to the hospital.”
But in her statement to the police, the suspect claimed she acted in self defence, adding that it was the deceased who attacked her first by punching her on the head.
