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Lagos landlord kills tenant of four months
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a landlord, Gbade Metibemu, for allegedly stabbing his tenant of four months, Bright Abraham, to death on Apollo Street in the Makoko area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Metibemu attacked the 35-year-old Abia State indigene with a knife for refusing to vacate his plank apartment after a week-long disagreement.
Our correspondent was told that the suspect had warned the victim to stop soiling the slum with the faeces of his baby.
Punch, July 26
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