One Tina Essi has been arrested over her alleged role in the death of a neighbour last week, Lagos police command has disclosed.
In a statement on Wednesday, the state police command said its Homicide detectives apprehended Essi on Wednesday after being identified as a prime suspect in the February 6 death of Christian Aparie.
Mr. Aparie, 49, was involved in an altercation with Essi over electricity charges on January 31, leading to a physicalcconfrontation that left the man hospitalised with injuries.
He later died at Ikorodu General Hospital on February 6 following several days of severe pains and treatments, police said.
The unpleasant incident at 26, Orijamogun Street, Oreyo, Ikorodu, was being investigated by a team of detectives from state criminal investigation office in Panti, Yaba, police said.
The police appealed to families of the deceased to exercise patience for the matter to be properly investigated and prosecuted, especially since Essi has been taken into custody as a prime suspect.
Lagos police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu decried rising cases of domestic violence across the nation’s commercial capital, admonishing residents to always find peaceful ways of resolving disputes, which are inevitable in every society.
The police statement was silent on when the matter would be charged to court.
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