A middle-aged man has told the police how his
wife allegedly set him ablaze after she drugged him.
He said his wife,
Kudirat Tijani, sedated him on Sunday, and set their apartment on fire with
the hope that he would be burnt to death.
The victim, Abubakar Tijani,
said he miraculously survived by divine intervention. It could not be ascertained
why his wife allegedly wanted him dead.
He claimed that,
shortly after the fire was put out late night on the fateful day, his wife
rushed to his elder brother’s residence at Pasali Extension in Kuje, headquarters
of Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and informed him of
a fire outbreak in their apartment.
The brother, Salisu
Tijani, corroborated the claim. Salisu, who reported the case at the Kuje
Divisional Police headquarters, said at about 11.15pm of the fateful day,
Kudirat reported to him at his residence that there was a fire outbreak in
their flat.
On arrival at the
scene, according to him, he met his younger brother, Abubakar, lying
motionless on a bed severely burnt. He said he immediately rushed him to the
Kuje General Hospital, where he was given first aid treatment before he was referred
to the National Hospital in central Abuja for intensive care.
Reports said it was
after he had regained consciousness at the hospital that the victim gave
graphic details of how his wife had allegedly wanted to dispatch him to
untimely grave.
Meanwhile his wife,
Kudirat, is presently telling the police her role in the incident. “It is a
very serious offence and she cannot be left off the hook just like that”, FCT
Police Commissioner, Wilson Inalegwu, told Daily Sun yesterday on telephone,
while confirming the story.
“The victim is alive,
he is responding to treatment. If he had died, they would have informed us and
the offence will change from causing grievous harm to culpable homicide”, he
noted in response to enquiries on the fate of the victim.
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