Tenant stabs landlord to death

A landlord, Adamu Bello , has been killed by his tenant in Ganye Sumi community in the Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State during a disagreement .

Northern City News learnt that Bello was stabbed to death in the chest last Thursday by the tenant, identified only as Yusuf , otherwise called Likita .

It was gathered that it was the members of the local vigilance group acting on a tip-off from the family who arrested the suspect . He was thereafter handed over to the police .

Northern City News learnt that the suspect had been taken into custody , where he was being interrogated by the Homicide Section of the Criminal Investigation Department at the Police Command Headquarters , Yola .

The younger brother of the deceased , Abubakar, explained how the disagreement came about .

He said, “My brother and Yusuf had been having minor disagreements. But on Thursday , Yusuf sent someone to the house to fetch him some drugs . The person barged into the house and the landlord, my brother, rebuked him for barging into the house without taking permission .

“ The man later relayed the incident to Yusuf . When he returned home, he started threatening the landlord. Yusuf , who vowed to deal with the landlord , also said this was the second time his clients would be subjected to undue harassment by the landlord .

“ The next thing we noticed was Yusuf saying he would teach my brother a lesson. He then reached under his cloak and took out a knife which he used to stab the landlord in the stomach . His intestine poured out and blood started gushing. ”

The Police Public Relations Officer , Adamawa State Police Command , Othman Abubakar , could not yet be reached for comment as of press time.

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