Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Alamutu Abiodun
Tenant accused of adultery kills bus driver, flees
A bus driver, Philip Fiama, has been reportedly stabbed to death by a co-tenant whom he accused of having an affair with his wife in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
City Round learnt that the incident occurred on January 7 at about 6:30 pm at the residence of the deceased in Sobande Close, Alagbole, Ajuwon.
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.
This was said to have led to a fight during which the suspect, identified as one Ikem Emmanuel, stabbed Fiama to death.
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The injured bus driver was said to have died while being taken to a hospital within the vicinity while Emmanuel fled to an unknown destination.
The spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident while speaking to our correspondent on Friday.
Odutola 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.”
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