A landlady
simply identified as Alhaja Yusuf has been arrested for the death of her
tenant, Charles Enokela, popularly called Pketimi.
The
67-year-old woman was arrested with her son Akeem Yusuf following Enokela’s
death from a head injury.
The late
Enokela, an Okada rider from Benue State, was said to have fallen out with his
landlady for allegedly drinking and keeping late nights.
Alhaja Yusuf,
it was learnt, served him a quit notice after his rent lapsed in December last
year.
The late
Enokela’s relation, Ikwuoche said the landlady had threatened to kill him if he
did not vacate the house.
He said:
“Pketimi told me that he got a house at Igando and needed only next week to
stay at that house. He told me that the children of Alhaja Yusuf said he must
leave their house alive or die. Look at what this woman did to us.”
A witness who
didn’t want his name mentioned said the late Enokela told him that the
landlady’s son, a police officer threatened to deal with him and lock him up in
cell, and “could cover up anything that happened.”
Neighbours and
some of his colleagues described the late Enokela as “a friendly man”.
“Pketimi is a
hardworking man and hardly fights people. He can give you anything if he has
it. We will miss him very much,” said an Okada rider.
His body has
being deposited at the Mainland General Hospital Morgue.
The police are
investigating the case.
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