– A landlady has been declared wanted by the Lagos state police command – She has been accused of setting her tenant’s apartment on fire – The police have apprehended her husband – Some burnt money has also been recovered from the victim’s apartment Lagos police has declared Mrs Nike Azeez wanted for setting her tenant’s apartment ablaze in order to eject him from the house.
Mrs Azeez reportedly stunned residents of Ijegun community in the morning of Tuesday, April 12, after she poured some petrol in Adeleke Shakiru’s apartment and set it ablaze destroying the property inside the apartment. The police said they have arrested her husband Jamiu Azeez and detained him at Isheri Oshun division for his alleged involvement in the arson by his wife. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Mrs Azeez is said to have carried out the hideous act in a bid to frustrate her tenant out of her apartment
The police have also discovered ashes of burnt N250, 000 kept in the house by the victim Adeleke Shakiru. According to The Gazelle news, the victim said he slept outside with his family because he was still at loss on what to do. He said the money he kept in the house was burnt and he was not owing the landlord before the incident happened.
He said he really needs the help of Nigerians to assist his family. In a related development, a middle-aged tenant in Benin, Jeff Obasohan, has allegedly set his 83-year-old landlord, identified as Pa Joseph Iyen, ablaze, over unpaid rent. The elderly man was said to have died of severe burns he sustained from the fire. Sources reveal that the incident which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, March 16, at the deceased’s residence located at Uwa street, between 2nd East Circular road and 3rd East Circular road in Benin, followed a lingering quarrel between the octogenarian and Obasohan over the unpaid rent.
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