Tenant Kills Bus Driver For Accusing Him Of Sleeping With His Wife

A suspect, identified as Ikem Emmanuel, has allegedly stabbed a bus driver, Philip Fiama to death during a fight that ensued after the victim accused him of sleeping with his wife.

The incident happened on January 7 at about 6:30 pm.

Osun Defender gathered that the victim alleged the suspect who is his co-tenant at Sobande Close, Alagbole, Ajuwon in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Fiama, an indigene of Adamawa State, was said to have called his co-tenant aside and asked why he had allegedly been having an affair with his wife.

However, this infuriated the suspected and led to a fight during which Emmanuel stabbed Fiama to death.

The victim was said to have died while being taken to a nearby hospital while Emmanuel fled to an unknown destination.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, on Friday, said, “The incident happened on Sunday, January 7. A landlord from Sobande Close, Alagbole, Ajuwon, at around 8 pm on that day came to report that one Philip Fiama, a tenant, accused Ikem Chika Emmanuel, another tenant, of sleeping with his (Fiama’s) wife.

“This was reported to have led to a fight when Ikem Chika Emmanuel stabbed Fiama in the chest. The deceased was said to have been confirmed dead in one Tamara Hospital.

“The suspect has escaped to an unknown destination and the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for discreet investigation. The police are also on the trail of the fleeing suspect.”