A 24-year-old naval rating, Yusuf Owolabi, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for stabbing a woman, Tohbat Badiru, 55, to death.
The suspect allegedly committed the offence in Egan community in the Ojo area of Lagos on Friday.
Owolabi, who is said to be the son of a factional traditional ruler in the community, had picked a fight with one Quadri, who is from another family laying claim to the title of Baale of the community.
Quadri had called his mother into the scuffle, and Owolabi reportedly stabbed her in the back as she made attempt to come out of her house to intervene.
She reportedly died on the way to the Alimosho General Hospital.
Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti said, “A naval rating with no 815/448, Yusuf Owolabi, aged 24, son of the factional baale of Egan and one other at large, went to Egan community and used a knife to stab one Tohbat Badiru, aged 55 years, in her back. She bled to death on her way to the general hospital. The suspect has been arrested and detained.”
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