has been arrested after he allegedly doused insecticide in his neighbor’s pot of soup.Gordon
Daniel, a resident of Ajegunle was accused by the neighbour, Mrs.
Saidat Shakiru of putting insecticide in a pot of soup she was cooking on Tuesday.
It was gathered the woman had left her soup pot on the fire to attend
to another issue only to return and discover that the soup reeked of
sniper, a poisonous liquid insecticide.
The woman was said to have accused Daniel who was the only resident of the compound at home when she was cooking.
She was said to have alerted the landlady who resides on the topmost
floor of the storey building as well as her husband who was at work
before the matter was reported to the Baale of Aiyetoro street, Saheed
Fakunle.
According to a resident:
“Sadiat and the suspect were at home when
she was cooking the soup. The woman allegedly went outside to buy
something and before she came back Daniel had doused sniper into the
soup she was cooking.
“When the woman opened the soup pot she perceived an offensive odour
from the soup and she sensed foul play. The angry woman drew the
attention of the landlady to what she had observed.
“Her landlady asked whom she suspected. Since there was nobody at
home, she accused Daniel of the deed. When her husband, Shakiru returned
from work, she explained her predicament about the soup she was cooking
and the matter was moved to the Baale.
“After carrying out investigation, the Baale handed over the suspect to the police alongside the pot of soup.”
The Nation gathered that the suspect, who blamed his actions on the
devil, said he was angry because the woman usually insulted him over
electric bill.
“The woman has been insulting me over electricity bill. I don’t know
what got over me so I decided to put sniper inside their soup to punish
her. I am sorry. I regret what I have done. She insulted me so much
because of the electricity bill if not I don’t have any problem with her
and her husband,” he said.
The owner of the house, Taiye Aroyewun frowned at the suspect’s action, calling him a madman.
He said:
“The man must be a madman to have attempted to wipe out an
entire family. Now that he has been caught, he’s pleading and trying
everything possible to settle the matter. Everybody refused because he
is a wicked man who committed a wicked act. If I forgive him today,
supposing he chops my head off tomorrow what would happen?”