22year Old tope Stabbed To Death

A 22-year-old man,called  Tope Kadiri, who visited his parents at an Orthodox church, has been murdered on Wednesday 10th of September  2014, at Aduragbemi Street, Oworonshoki area of Lagos .
It was said he was murdered in a fight that the fight started on Tuesday evening after Tope Kadiri had a quarrel with a woman in the compound sharing a low fence with the church building. late Tope Kadiri had told the woman to stop throwing dirty water from her washing bowl into the church premises but the woman’s daughter attacked him, so angryly Tope pulled down some of their clothes they spread on the line and which led to the fight . The woman’s children rose in defence of their mother, intensifying the crisis.

The community leaders were later invited to resolve the issue and both parties agreed to a truce, but on Wednesday morning, a group of boys residing in the woman’s compound who were away when the quarrell happened decided to raise up another fight. They attacked Tope Kadiri and stabbed in the chest till he died.

Isaac Adesegha, a member of the church also said the church was attacked a night before the tragedy, with the boys breaking window frames and destroying properties. He added that another member was also stabbed on the neck and almost lost his life also.

he quoted

 ’’What was our offence? We asked them to stop throwing water into our compound. We share a low fence with their house and they go beyond their boundary everytime. When they turn on their generators in the night, the fumes enter the residential blocks in the church. We told them to stop, but they refused to listen. The boy that died was just on a visit to his parents who were staying in the church.”

The police also stated  that the late Kadiri’s friends also attacked a man who sold foodstuff around the bus stop and broke his head, adding that the man almost lost his life.

The remains of the late Tope Kadiri had been deposited at the mortuary, while three suspects had been arrested by the police.