The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man (name withheld) for allegedly killing his neighbour and her son over an environmental sanitation dispute in the Lekki area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in Lagos on Monday, September 16, 2024.

Hundeyin said the incident occurred at about 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, September 15, adding that an investigation was ongoing to ascertain what the suspect used to perpetrate the crime.

He disclosed that information was received at the Elemoro Police Division on Sunday that the suspect allegedly killed one Gloria, who was his neighbour, and her son over an argument about cleaning the environment.

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The police spokesperson said the suspect put the victims’ lifeless bodies in a big sack to dispose the bodies after killing them over the sanitation dispute.

Hundeyin stated that luck was against the suspect when other neighbours informed the police at Elemoro division of the incident.

“Immediately detectives of the division rushed to the scene, arrested the suspect, and recovered the bodies,” Hundeyin said.

He noted that the bodies had been deposited at the Epe General Hospital mortuary for autopsy and preservation.

Hundeyin added that an investigation into the incident was ongoing.

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