One Mrs. Olaitan Ayobami was recently stabbed by her neighbor, a policeman’s wife, Mrs. Desola Ochoche on Etunrere Street in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state after a scuffle ensued between them.
Ochoche was said to have stabbed her victim after accusing her of laughing at her and consequently fled the residence afterwards, the Punch reports.
Ayobami who was badly wounded was later rushed to an unnamed private hospital in the area.
According to the report, residents had intervened on Monday when the fight ensued, only for the fight to resume very early on Tuesday when Ayobami, a teacher, wanted to bathe. They were said to have started another drama of calling each other names.
Ochoche laid ambush for her victim while she was on her way to school with her children and stabbed her on her head and hand.
Speaking from her hospital bed, Ayobami said she wanted Ochoche to be brought to book, adding that she was still in pain.
Meanwhile, Ochoche was eventually arrested by policemen from the Igbogbo Police Division, but released a few hours later.
According to Ayobami, “On Saturday, I left my phone in my kitchen and when I went back to pick it, I found it inside water. I wanted to challenge Iya Oby (Ochoche), but my husband warned me not to do so because I didn’t have evidence. On Sunday, she started singing abusive songs against me, but I did not reply.
“At a point, I laughed and she became angry. She poured water on me and we fought. While I was going to the bathroom on Tuesday morning, she attacked me and we fought again. Her husband and other neighbours separated us and warned her to let peace reign.
“I was going to school when she attacked me in the corridor and stabbed me with a shard of bottle.
“Her husband, who is a policeman, took her to the Igbogbo division, but she has been released. I want her to be charged to court.”
On her part, Ochoche admitted stabbing Ayobami. However, she claimed that she acted to revenge an injury earlier inflicted on her by the teacher, noting that she had warned her to stop insulting her with songs.
She said, “She would accuse me of flirting around just because I am not employed. It is true I stabbed her but she had used something to injure me in the face while we were fighting around 6am on Tuesday. I revenged so that she would know she cannot intimidate me.”
The landlord of the house, who did not want his name in print, said the two tenants had been at loggerheads for a long time. He said he had intervened on several occasions and served their husbands notices to quit when the fight persisted.
The landlord said, “I have called them several times and talked to them, including their husbands. I gave them notices to quit in January when the fight was going out of hand.
“The last incident was terrible.
“Ochoche’s husband told me Ayobami was the one who initially attacked his wife. But residents said it was not true. I told her (Ochoche) not to enter my house again because I fear something worse may happen.”
Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “The two women injured each other and they have been released to go and take care of themselves.
“The two women would be charged to court soon.”
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