Housewife Stabbed To Death Over Water

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing a housewife to death over borehole water at Ajegunle area of the state.

The suspect, Cynthia Aigbondon, it was learnt had a minor misunderstanding with the deceased, Mrs Barakat Adio, where they want to fetch water at a public borehole and Aigbondon went inside to pick knife and stabbed Mrs Adio to death.

Confirming the story, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) SP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement on Tuesday said the husband of the deceased, one Lukmon Adio, reported the case at Ajegunle Police Division on Sunday at about 9.48 p.m.

The husband reported that his late wife, had a minor misunderstanding with their neighbour Aigbondon while fetching water at a public borehole closed to their house.

Hundeyin said the misunderstanding allegedly resulted to the suspect getting a kitchen knife, with which she stabbed the wife of the complainant at left side of her ribs.

“After the incident she was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctor on duty confirmed her dead on arrival.

“The suspect was immediately arrested and the scene of crime was visited, photographs were taken and the exhibit knife was recovered to the station.

“Meanwhile, the corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and preservation, while investigation continues,” he said