Woman allegedly kills neighbour, stabs victim

A middle-aged woman, Stella Gilbert, has been arrested by the police at Ajeromi Police Station, in Ajegunle area of Lagos State for allegedly stabbing a female neighbour to death.

The victim identified simply as Mama Esther, met her untimely death when she reportedly had a fisticuff with Gilbert at their 59, Ojora Street residence in Ajegunle.

Eyewitness told that the incident which occurred around 4p.m on Saturday, started after a heated argument erupted between the duo on a yet to be ascertained matter before degenerating into a fight.

Chukwudi Okoye, a resident of the area spoke that Gilbert ran to the station after stabbing her victim in the abdomen.

He said: “When some neighbours went to  Ajeromi Police Station to report the incident they discovered that the woman who stabbed her was already there.  Some policemen from the station later came to the scene and removed the corpse to the mortuary.”