The Rivers State Police Command on Sunday arrested a landlord simply identified as Alobo for allegedly attacked his female tenant and her husband with a machete, inflicting severe injuries on the couple in their rented house at Ekwulobia street Mile 3 Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The landlord who also resides within the house, vanished into thin air in an attempt to evade arrest after committing the crime in May 15, 2022, but the law caught up with after the Police uncovered his hideout and picked him up within the weekend.

Our correspondent gathered that the landlord launched the attack on his tenant, Mrs. Comfort Nwagada after blatantly rejecting all his persistent sexual overtures.

Mrs. Comfort Nwagada showing the injuries inflicted on her from the Landlord’s machete attack.

Mr Nwagada showing the injuries inflicted on his arm by the Landlord.

Mrs. Nwagada told DAILY INDEPENDENT that the landlord them as they were returning home from an outing around 8pm, adding that the machete wielding man ambushed them at the entry passage to the house.

She explained that the landlord started striking her with the machete and inflicting injuries on her, as well as her husband who tried to rescue her from the the landlord’s onslaught.

Nwagada, disclosed that following the injuries sustained by them at the wake of the attack, they received treatment in a nearby hospital for over two weeks.

She said, “He (the landlord) attacked me because he wanted me to date him, but I refused.

“So in the night, while I and my husband were returning from an outing around 8pm, we didn’t know that he was hiding at the passage with a machete.

“The moment we were about to enter the compound, that was how he started cutting me on my head and my hands too.

“When my husband came to rescue me, he also macheted his hand. Because of the wounds, we can no longer use some of our fingers.”

Mrs. Nwagada, who expressed happiness that the security agencies had finally arrested the fleeing suspect, called on the Police to ensure justice in the matter.

“I want justice, I want him to be prosecuted in court. After the landlord macheted us, we spent two weeks and three days in the hospital. We want justice.”

Our correspondent learnt that the case file which was initially domiciled in the Azikiwe Police Division, was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department (SCIID) on the directives of the former Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka.

The Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command SP Grace Iringe-Koko, when contacted, promised to comment on the development, but had yet to do so when this report was filed. (Daily Independent)

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