For using air conditioner, man batters wife’s niece
A 27-year-old beautician, Latifat Adeyemi, has been was brutalized by her aunt’s husband, Rasak Alabi, aka Alfa, in their house in Solebo, Ikorodu area of Lagos state.
Alabi was said to have claimed that the gadget consumed excessive power, and allegedly hit the victim with a spanner in the face and flogged her with a piece of cable, which led to her admission in a private hospital.
The Punch reports that for the past 10 years, Latifat and her grandma had been living in a bungalow at the back of the house on Ile Eye street, which was reportedly built by Alabi’s wife. Alabi was said to have separated from his wife for the past 20 years, but moved into the building in 2015 after settling his rift with his wife, a nurse, who is based in the United States of America.
There however have been numerous misunderstandings since Alabi moved into the house; One of which he evicted some relatives in the house. Latifat said she was staying in the house because she had to take care of her grandma who had been living in the house for quite a while. She said: “My aunt is a nurse and she is based in the US. She put her mother in the house and asked me to cater to her. Grandma and I had been living in that house for over 10 years. Alfa (Alabi) and my aunt separated over 20 years ago.