A 43-year-old man Yusuf Hassan is currently being investigated by an operative attached to Ogun State Police Command for setting the apartment of his ex-lover Busayo Falola ablaze.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that Yusuf Hassan was arrested on the 4th of April 2023 following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye Divisional Headquarters by the 62 years old landlady of the house, Adejoke Salau.
Adejoke Salau reported that she heard a noise from one of her buildings within her compound situated at no 127, old Schorlar Palace Igan Road Ago Iwoye, at about 1:15 am, and when she came out she discovered that the building was on fire while the tenants in the house were trapped in there.
Adejoke Salau stated further that it was the quick intervention of neighbours that rescued the three tenants, but the house got burnt completely.
Based on the report, the DPO Ago Iwoye, CSP Noah Adekanye, led his men to the scene from where the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation to know the possible cause of the inferno.
On interrogation, one of the tenants, Falola Busayo informed the police that she saw her ex-lover Yusuf Hassan at the back of her window at about 12:30 am of the fateful day.
She explained further that she was scared to see him at that ungodly hour which made her scream and ran out of her room to the room of another tenant.
This made other tenants come out to check what Yusuf was up to, only for them to discover flame coming out from Busayo’s room.
Confirming the arrest SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command said that the suspect, Yusuf Hassan was hunted for and was subsequently apprehended.”
“He initially denied knowing anything about the incident, but when the DPO ordered detectives to go to his house and find out whether he was at home at the time of the incident, he decided to open up and confessed been the person who set the house ablaze.
He confessed further that he intended to burn his ex-lover in her apartment because he had tried his possible best to reconcile with her but to no avail, and that was the reason why he bought #500 petrol, poured it into her room through the window and set it on fire.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.