Elepo and Lateef |
This is why i always advise people not to intervene when you see two or three peeps fighting cos you might just end up being the victim!
Some hoodlums started a street fight on
Olorogun Street, Odo Eran, in the Itire area of Lagos State on Tuesday,
during which a 21-year-old stabbed a landlord, identified as Alawu
Lateef, to death.
Olorogun Street, Odo Eran, in the Itire area of Lagos State on Tuesday,
during which a 21-year-old stabbed a landlord, identified as Alawu
Lateef, to death.
Lateef,
who was a father of three, had intervened in the fight, and asked the
hoodlums to leave the area, when one of them, identified as Lati Elepo, stabbed the landlord.
who was a father of three, had intervened in the fight, and asked the
hoodlums to leave the area, when one of them, identified as Lati Elepo, stabbed the landlord.
Punch Newspaper reports that the father of three slumped, while residents arrested Elepo before he could escape with the other hoodlums. The matter was said to have been reported at the Itire Police Division.
The
hoodlums, numbering six boys, had come from Osindero Street to meet one
Balogun, who they claimed owed them about N30,000.
hoodlums, numbering six boys, had come from Osindero Street to meet one
Balogun, who they claimed owed them about N30,000.
It was learnt that when the hoodlums did not meet Balogun at home, they started to make trouble on the street.
The landlord, Lateef, who worked as a panel beater, was said to have asked Elepo to leave the area with his gang members. The hoodlum, however, stabbed him in the chest.
Friends and family members rushed the
landlord to a private hospital in the area, from where he was referred
to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, where he was
confirmed dead.
landlord to a private hospital in the area, from where he was referred
to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, where he was
confirmed dead.
His corpse was afterwards brought to the Itire division.
One of his neighbours, who identified himself simply as Rashidi,
said Lateef did not have any business with the miscreants, but only
tried to pacify them when Elepo stabbed him on the chest.
said Lateef did not have any business with the miscreants, but only
tried to pacify them when Elepo stabbed him on the chest.
Rashidi added that Elepo and two other suspects were arrested by the police.
He said,
“It was at about 11am when
these boys from Osindero stormed our street. They are teenagers. They
are not cultists. They said Balogun owed them N30,000 which they must
collect from him.
“Lateef did not want such commotion on
the street. So, he came out to caution them to take things calmly. The
one who stabbed him was drunk.“While Lateef spoke with them, the
suspect went to a shop of an artisan who sharpens knives and other
metals, grabbed about three knives and stabbed Lateef on the chest.
Resident arrested him and dragged him to the police station while other
hoodlums ran away.”
Another neighbour, who spoke on
condition of anonymity said,
condition of anonymity said,
“Lateef was a nice man. His wife gave birth
to their third child just two months ago. If Balogun was around, Lateef
would not have intervened in the rampage.”