The Ekiti Police
Command has arrested a woman, Mrs. Bukola Olusegun, 30, who allegedly set fire
on her husband, Abimbola Olusegun, 32, during a disagreement on February 14,
Valentine day.
Trouble started for
Olusegun, a commercial driver and an indigene of Ado Ekiti, who lives in
Idolofin area of Ado Ekiti, when he left home on the said day to have fun,
without his wife.
He returned home at
about 6pm on Valentine’s Day to meet his angry wife, who had been accusing him
of infidelity.
Neighbours said they
first overheard the couple exchanging words before the husband later ran out of
the house with fire all over him.
A neighbour told
reporters that, “It was mid-night that the husband suddenly ran out from his
apartment and cried for help, raising the alarm that his wife had set him
ablaze. He was burning and was battling with the fire his wife had put on him.
“We had to rush out to
rescue him by quickly getting water and pouring it on him. But for the prompt
intervention of some of us, he would have been burnt to ashes. He was
thereafter rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital where he is
still being treated. We also reported the incident at Ado Central Divisional
Police Station from where policemen promptly came to arrest his wife.”
The Ekiti State Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Albert Adeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said
Olusegun’s wife had confessed to the crime.
“According to the
Divisional Crime Officer, Ado Central Divisional Police station, the woman set
her husband ablaze because he didn’t celebrate the Valentine with her nor take
her out for fun during the lovers’ day celebration, “ he said.
Adeyemi said the
suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations on the matterwas
concluded.
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