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The owner of a
building in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, Tunde
Alabi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing the wife
of one of his tenants following a brawl which ensued between him and
the husband of the deceased.

The 46-year-old
suspect, who was paraded weekend at the Eleweran Police Headquarters,
Abeokuta, was, according to the police, said to have engaged his
tenant, Adelabi Dehinde, an official of the Nigerian Immigration
Service, in a fight in the house, located at 6 Kadiri Avenue, Oluwo
Ope-Ilu. The Commissioner of Police, Musa Daura, said the accused, who
resides in the same compound, hit Mr Dehinde on the head with a plank,
in the course of the fight. The wife of the tenant, Tolake Akinola,
came to the rescue of her hubby. Mr Alabi allegedly hit the 40-year-old
woman with the plank on her forehead, following which she collapsed and
was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, where she reportedly
died some hours later.

Mr Daura said the suspect has confessed to the crime and will be
charged to court on completion of investigation. Mr Alabi said that he
regretted his action, adding that explaining that he did not mean to
kill her. “The husband and the wife descended on me, and the only way
to react is the use of the plank available, but I don’t know it can
kill,” he said. “I want to beg for forgiveness. I know that who kills
will be killed, but I don’t mean to kill the woman. Please the
authority should temper justice with mercy for me.”