The police in Lagos have arrested a couple, Mr and Mrs
Solomon, for allegedly stabbing their neighbour, Miss
Happiness Andrew, 25, during a quarrel over dustbin.
The victim, who has been hospitalised, was allegedly
stabbed in the neck and face with a broken bottle and with
a knife following a little misunderstanding.
Hapiness fell down almost unconscious as blood gushed
profusely from her neck and face.She was rushed to
Ajowa Hospital, Araromi, in the night immediately after the
incident occurred where the doctor and nurses in the
hospital battled to save her life.
It was gathered that the attack happened at their
residence at 4, Modupe Ayode Street, Araromi area of
Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
The police arrested the man and his wife who hail from
Edo State, and charged them to court.
Happiness, a security guard working at an eatery at
Tollgate area, narrated to our reporter on her hospital bed
what happened on the fateful day at the two-storey
building where she lives with her sister.
She said there was a misunderstanding over the issue of
refuse being dumped in her sister’s dustbin by her
neighbours after she complained about it because none of
the neighbours help to throw it away when the PSP
people come around.
Happiness said their neighbour, Mrs Solomon, popularly
called Mama Osas, heard her complaining and reported
the matter to her elder sister, which made her furious and
spoke to her rudely the following day when she came back
from work.
“When my sister came back from work, she was talking to
me angrily and saying that she will leave the house for us
and run away since we cannot take care of her house
when she is away. I did not reply her and this continued
till Sunday. And when I finally challenged her, she told me
what Mama Osas told her about the dustbin.
“I told my sister that I did not mention anybody’s name
and that I can call people to witness to it. I went to call
one of the witnesses to confirm what I said that day. As
we were talking, Mama Osas came to the scene and was
pointing her finger close to my face and saying that she
was going to fight me, but I told her that there was no
way I could fight with her,” she explained.
According to her, as the altercation was on, Mr Solomon
came to the scene with his 14-year old boy, and thinking
he wanted to call his wife to order, someone suddenly
stabbed her in the neck and another by the side of her
head, and she immediately fell down, bled profusely and
became unconscious.
She said it was later she learnt that it was Mr Solomon
who allegedly stabbed her in the neck with a broken bottle
and on her face with a knife, saying that after carrying out
the act, Mama Osas rushed to the Mosalashi Police
Station before them to report that she was attacked by her
neighbour.
However, Happiness’ family members also went to the
police station with the landlord of the house to report the
incident.
“The landlord told the police that it was the couple that
stabbed him and the police arrested the woman while her
husband ran away. He was later arrested and both of
them were charged to the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court and
remanded in Kirikiri Prison,” she said.
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