Housewife beaten to death by co-tenant
From Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare Akoko
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A 27-year-old woman Mrs Morenikeji Olabode Bello and her children were reported to have beaten a 40-year-old woman to death.
The incident occurred during a rift between the two families at Ogo street, Arigidi-Akoko in Akoko Northwest Local Government Area of Ondo State claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman, Mrs Foluke Ajoke Olanipekun.
The Hope Metro learnt that the two families who are tenants in the same house had for long been involved in long standing misunderstanding which had always resulted in quarrels.
It was gathered that the rift degenerated last Thursday night as members of the two families engaged themselves in free for all fight which eventually led to the death of one of the parties, Mrs Olanipekun.
An eyewitness account said the scuffle between the two women took a dangerous dimension on Sunday night, as the feuding parties openly engaged themselves in a serious fight which resulted into the death of the woman.
The late Mrs Olanipekun, a house-wife, was described as an easy going person before her demise.
Meanwhile, her corpse has been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital, Ikare Akoko morgue, while the suspects Mrs Morenikeji Olabode Bello and her two children who were involved in beating the woman to death have been arrested .
According to the Divisional Police Officer, Okeagbe Akoko Division, Sup. of Police, Ibitayo Adetaranmi, who confirmed the incident disclosed that the suspects will soon be transferred to Akure for further police investigations.