The Ogun State police command is currently investigating a 46-year-old man, Hassan Azeez for pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze.
NigeriaCrime.com gathered that Azeez was arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command, following a report lodged at Ibogun Divisional Headquarters by the victim’s father, who reported on 22nd of October 2022, that his daughter, OIayinka Hassan was set ablaze by her husband over a minor disagreement, and that the victim, a mother of one, has been rushed to a hospital in Ibadan.
Based on the report, the DPO Ibogun division, CSP Samuel Oladele quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene. But before getting there, the suspect has escaped.
Since then, the police operatives have been on his trail until 22nd of January when he was eventually apprehended.
Confirming the incident, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command said during interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have ran away to Benin Republic confessed to the commission of the crime but blamed it on the devil.
According to him, he asked the victim to prepare food for him, but instead of the victim preparing his food, she was busy washing clothes. He stated further that he got annoyed because he was hungry and the annoyance made him pour petrol on her and set her on fire.”
When asked whose clothes the woman was washing, he confessed that it was his clothes,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.