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Security guard kills his ‘tenant’ over rent payment in Lagos

October 28, 2022 No Comments

A security guard with a private security company in Lagos state, Desmond Gudyu, has been arrested for allegedly punching a 26-year-old man, Akeem Nuhu, to death during an altercation on Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos State.

Desmond, who was employed to guard a building in the area, was said to have accommodated Nuhu in his security post after the latter agreed to pay him rent.

However, both men fell out and had an altercation on Monday, October 10, after Nuhu who worked as a motor boy in a pure water company, failed to pay the agreed sum.

Desmond is said to have asked Nuhu for the ”rent” but he failed to provide it as promised. An altercation ensued and this degenerated into a fight. Desmond is aid to have punched Nuhu. He fell and became unconscious..

He was rushed to a police hospital at Falomo where he died the following day October 11 at about 7am.

His corpse has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre’s morgue, Ebute-Metta for an autopsy.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect has been taken into custody and is being investigated.

The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, on Monday sentenced a security guard, Blessing Okon, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old student in the state.

The prosecution told the court that the defendant committed the offense in the Ikoyi area of the state on September 13, 2019.

The prosecution presented the victim, her father, and a medical doctor to testify in the case.

The victim told the court the convict had been sexually harassing her since she was nine years old.

In her ruling, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved the essential ingredients of defilement beyond a reasonable doubt.

She said the victim was consistent in her testimony before the court, adding that the testimony established that the defendant had been having sexual contact with the girl for more than five years.

Soladoye said: “This defendant is lacking in compassion for having sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. There was overwhelming evidence against him as presented by the prosecution. He therefore should pay for his sex crime.

“The defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine.”