A 23-year-old lady, Opeyemi Adamson, has been arrested for stabbing her neighbour, Taiwo Olowookere, to death over being called shaku-shaku.
The incident reportedly happened at their house in the Meiran area of Lagos State.
According to Punch Metro, 28-year-old Taiwo lived with the suspect’s mother-in-law, who accommodated her after she separated from her husband.
Opeyemi, who lived with her husband, stayed in the same compound with the victim.
The duo were said to have nursed animosity towards each other until Friday, August 24 when things took a tragic turn.
The deceased had reportedly complained about Opeyemi’s eight-months-old baby, saying the child’s noise disturbed her.
The suspect reportedly insulted her, which led to exchange of words.
Taiwo, who reported the incident to the police before her death, said her assailant became angry after she (Taiwo) called her shaku-shaku woman (useless person), adding that she stabbed her in the neck.
She had said:
“About three months ago, I had a problem with my husband. The woman I was staying with was her (Opeyemi) mother-in-law.
“On a particular day, my child was ill and I took him to a hospital. When I returned, I greeted her, but she refused to respond. That was when our misunderstanding started.
“Around 7am on August 24, I went to bath my child. While doing that, her child started making a noise. I called her that her child was disturbing me, but she abused me.
“She started cursing me and I called her shaku-shaku woman. She asked why I would call her such a name. She said she would show me what a shaku-shaku woman was like. She went inside and brought out a knife which she used to stab me in the neck.”
The victim reported the case at the Meiran Police Station and Opeyemi was arrested.
Taiwo was taken to a local medical centre where she was treated until her death.
Opeyemi, however, blamed the victim’s husband for her death, while she also accused Taiwo of jealousy.
She said:
“Her husband always beat her up and that was why my mother-in-law assisted her. When she arrived at our house, she was always cursing me. She always said I was happy because I had a good husband, while she had no good matrimonial home and that she would deal with me.
“The knife belonged to her; I stabbed her in self defence. Her husband was buying her all sorts of things while she was in the hospital. When she died, her husband came to dump her corpse in our house and fled.”
