Tenant Stabs Landlord To Death Over Electricity Bill 

Posted on December 24, 2025
KINGSLEY EBERE 
A landlord, Mr. Lucky Obaze, has been stabbed to death by his tenant following a disagreement over payment of N1.500 electricty bill in Delta State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened in Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, where the tenant rented a room apartment and was living with his brother.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed that two suspects are now at large over the alleged murder of the deceased landlord.
SP Edafe, who did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the incident, did not disclose the identity of the suspects because the Police have began manhunt for their arrest.
However,  a Police source said that trouble began when the deceased went to collect electricity bill from the tenant, who resides in a one-room apartment within the compound along with his brother.
The source added that an argument ensued between the landlord and the tenant over the N1,500 bill. After the altercation, the landlord reportedly went upstairs to his apartment to relax, only for the tenant to return with a knife and stab him to death.
The landlord was said to have bled profusely and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where the Doctor merely certified him dead and the corpse was deposited at mortuary for autopsy reports.
The matter was reported to the Police, who have since started investigation on the matter in a bid to arrest the suspects for prosecution over the alleged murder under the Criminal law of the State.

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