A 42-year old man, Demola Talabi, has been stabbed to death in Lagos by his mother’s tenant while trying to mediate an argument between the tenant and another person over N50.
The tenant, identified as Igali, who is an okada rider, was involved in an argument with a passenger over N50 when Talabi stepped in to mediate. Igali then stabbed Talabi in the neck and other parts of his body with a screwdriver. The victim then slumped and died from excessive building.
Igali has long been arrested by the police while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) mortuary for autopsy.
According to Talabi’s younger brother, Ayo, the incident occurred at Osho Street, Opebi and they (members of his family) were contacted. Before he got to the scene, his brother had died due to excessive bleeding.
Witness accounts say that the late Talabi was on a visit to his mother’s house at 14, Irewole Street, Opebi, when came upon the okada man and the passenger arguing over N50 fare.
In the process of trying to settle the matter, Igali brought out a screwdriver and stabbed him several times.
The suspect was arrested and detained at the Ikeja Police Station.
Police sources confirmed that the matter would soon be transferred to the SCID, Panti, Yaba.
At her mother’s residence in Irewole Street, sympathisers were consoling the bereaved mother and Talabi’s wife.
Residents expressed shock over Talabi’s death and described him as a hard working man.