I Didn’t Touch His Manh00d – Tenant Accused Of Killing Landlord Speaks
Category: Crime News
A 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, who was arrested by Ogun State police
command for allegedly causing the death of her landlord by pulling his
manh00d, has denied the allegation, saying that she did nothing of such.
The arrested suspect said that the landlord, Monday Surulere
Oladele, aged 50, was making a call when he slumped with his phone in his
hand. According to her, before this, she and the landlord’s wife had fought,
which made him to start calling someone. She said that she had returned to her
apartment when someone called her to come and see the landlord lying
unconscious.
It was learnt that before the landlord’s death, he
and the suspect had a disagreement over lack of water supply which the tenant
had complained of.
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The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
said that the police at Sango Ota divisional headquarters arrested the suspect
when one Olaleye Taiwo reported that his brother, Monday Oladele, had a
disagreement with the tenant over the payment of electricity bill, and in the
process, the tenant grabbed his manh00d and pulled it, causing the landlord to
fall and become unconscious.
The PPRO said that the landlord was
rushed to the General Hospital, Ota, where the doctor on duty confirmed him
dead.
This, according to Oyeyemi, led to the suspect’s arrest by
the Divisional Police Officer, Sango Ota division, CSP Saleh Dahiru.
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“On interrogation, the suspect claimed that the deceased asked her to
pay for electricity bill, but she said she would not pay until water is
directly connected to her apartment as promised by the landlord before she
moved in.
“This led to a scuffle between them, which resulted in
the suspect grabbing the manh00d of the deceased and pulling him with it.”
The PPRO said that the corpse had been deposited at the hospital’s
mortuary for postmortem examination while the state Commissioner of Police,
Frank Mba, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide
Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further
investigation.
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However in an interview with the suspect, she denied grabbing the landlord’s
manhood, saying that she was surprised that such a story could be formulated
against her.
Ossai, who said she hails from Ndukwa Local
Government Area, Delta State, narrated her story thus: “I left Lagos State and
started living in the house where the incident happened in June 2022. It’s a
family house where four brothers were living in the main building while two of
us who are tenants were in the apartments at the back. Their mother owns the
house, while the one I had issues with was the eldest and referred to as
landlord.
“I paid N230,000 for the one-room apartment I rented. The
rented apartment was N110,000 while agency and agreement fees were put at
N100,000. However, the agent that brought me to the house was asking for
commission which the landlord refused to give, saying that he did not put any
agent in charge. I was asked to pay extra N20,000 for the agent, totaling
N230,000.
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“There was no deep well or borehole that could provide water, and I told
the landlord that I couldn’t pay that much for a room apartment without water.
The landlord promised to provide water with the money tenants paid.
“However, as the months passed by, he did not do anything, which
was against his promise. I was fetching water from the next street which was
cumbersome, inconvenient and stressful.
“Last month, they drilled
a borehole but did not connect it to our apartments. We were fetching the
water from outside the compound. That fateful Saturday, I paid for energy
consumption, then I told the landlord’s younger brother who came to collect it
that what the family was doing to me and the other tenants was not good. I
complained of non-availability of water inside the compound.
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“Then the landlord and his wife came out. He started telling me that my
complaints were too many. He said the N120,000 agency and agreement fees
collected from me would stand as payment for another month when my rent would
expire, and that I should pack out of the apartment. I insisted on our initial
agreement which was not fulfilled, asking him if he would take such from
anyone.
“The wife then started insulting me: saying ‘we don’t make
money the way you do. Ashawo (prostitute). Useless woman. Ten husbands, two
children.’ I replied her that I was not a prostitute because I have a shop
where I sell wine and liquor. I asked her if being a single mother makes me a
prostitute. I said I would remain in the house at the expiration of my rent
fee because they reneged on our agreement.
“That led to the
landlord slapping me. As he did, I held his clothes, asking him what I did
that warranted the slap after paying so much for a room in a house without
water. I asked: ‘Is it because I had no one around me?’
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“The next thing was that the wife joined him in beating me. I fell down and
she started scratching my face. I have marks on me till now. I tried fighting
back, but the younger brother of the landlord came and separated us, pleading
that we should go to our apartments. The landlord went inside while the wife
was in another room. I touched my face and saw that it was bleeding.
“This disturbed me, as I believed I was injured for claiming my
right. So I went into where the wife was and we started fighting again. By
that time, her husband was inside making a call asking the person he was
talking to, to come and pick me.
“Meanwhile, his younger brother
was telling him to mind his health and be calm because of his being
hypertensive. The brother separated me and the wife, and we went our different
ways.
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“I was in my apartment warming stew for my children when I heard that the
landlord had slumped. Some people came to my door and told me. When we got to
his room, he was holding his phone in one hand. People brought salt, garri and
onions to revive him but it was to no avail. He was taken to a hospital where
he was confirmed dead.
“His younger brother lamented that he
already told us not to fight because of his brother’s history of high blood
pressure.
“The next day, I was taken to the police station, only
to be accused of pulling his manh00d. I was surprised. How would I touch his
manh00d, not to talk of pulling it? He was in his room making a call while his
wife and I were fighting. I didn’t touch his manh00d.”
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