Tenant Kills Landlord Over House Rent in Agbor

Agbor community in Delta State has being thrown into chaos after a tenant from Ebonyi state murdered his land lord in cold blood. The suspect, A 41-year-old man is in the police net for murdering his landlord because the man was 'disturbing' him to pay his rent arrears.



The culprit allegedly confessed to the police that he committed the crime under serious provocation because his landlord had threatened to kill him if he refused to pay up and in the ensuing fight that followed the argument, he picked a hammer and hit his landlord and he slumped and died on the spot.

The suspect had owed his landlord seven months rent and paid for two months, promising to pay the remaining months he never did, a situation that stirred the anger of his landlord at weekend, resulting in the tragic fight.