Man poisoned his neighbour’s pot ofsoup with insecticide in Lagos

A man has been arrested after he allegedly doused
insecticide in his neighbor’s pot of soup.Gordon
Daniel, a resident of Ajegunle was accused by the
neighbour, Mrs. Saidat Shakiru of putting insecticide in
a pot of soup she was cooking on Tuesday.
It was gathered the woman had left her soup pot on the
fire to attend to another issue only to return and
discover that the soup reeked of sniper, a poisonous
liquid insecticide.
The woman was said to have accused Daniel who was
the only resident of the compound at home when she
was cooking.
She was said to have alerted the landlady who resides
on the topmost floor of the storey building as well as
her husband who was at work before the matter was
reported to the Baale of Aiyetoro street, Saheed Fakunle.
According to a resident:
“Sadiat and the suspect were at home when she was
cooking the soup. The woman allegedly went outside to
buy something and before she came back Daniel had
doused sniper into the soup she was cooking. When the
woman opened the soup pot she perceived an offensive
odour from the soup and she sensed foul play. The
angry woman drew the attention of the landlady to what
she had observed.
“Her landlady asked whom she suspected. Since there
was nobody at home, she accused Daniel of the deed.
When her husband, Shakiru returned from work, she
explained her predicament about the soup she was
cooking and the matter was moved to the Baale.
“After carrying out investigation, the Baale handed over
the suspect to the police alongside the pot of soup.”
The Nation gathered that the suspect, who blamed his
actions on the devil, said he was angry because the
woman usually insulted him over electric bill.
“The woman has been insulting me over
electricity bill. I don’t know what got over me so I
decided to put sniper inside their soup to punish
her. I am sorry. I regret what I have done. She
insulted me so much because of the electricity
bill if not I don’t have any problem with her and
her husband,” he said.
The owner of the house, Taiye Aroyewun frowned at the
suspect’s action, calling him a madman.
He said:
“The man must be a madman to have attempted
to wipe out an entire family. Now that he has
been caught, he’s pleading and trying everything
possible to settle the matter. Everybody refused
because he is a wicked man who committed a
wicked act. If I forgive him today, supposing he
chops my head off tomorrow what would
happen?”