The police in Lagos have arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death over water, The Nation newspaper reports.
The incident occurred at 10, Tunkarimu Street, Ajegunle Apapa, around 9:30pm on Sunday.
The suspect, Cynthia Aigbodon, allegedly killed one Barakat Adio during a misunderstanding at a public borehole near their residence.
Although the exact reason for the fight was yet to be ascertained, sources claimed it was about whose turn it was to fetch water from the public borehole.
According to spokesman for the Lagos Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the deceased’s husband reported the case at the divisional headquarters in Ajegunle.
He said the woman was rushed to the hospital after she was stabbed but was declared dead by the medical worker on duty.
Hundeyin said homicide detectives were deployed to the scene after the complaint was initiated, adding that it was discovered that the suspect stabbed the deceased above her left rib.
He said the detectives took photographs of the crime scene, recovered the exhibit and arrested the suspect, adding that the deceased was deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
