Ogun Police Arrest Man For Setting Wife Ablaze For Failing To Prepare Dinner
A 46-year old man, Hassan Azeez has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the report, said the man was arrested following a report lodged at Ibogun Divisional Headquarters by the victim’s father, on 22nd of October 2022, that her daughter, Olayinka Hassan, was set ablaze by her husband over a minor disagreement.
He told police that the victim, a mother of one, has been rushed to a hospital in Ibadan.
The PPRO said, “Upon the report, the DPO Ibogun division, Samuel Oladele quickly mobilized 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.
“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have run away to Benin Republic confessed to committing the crime, but blamed it on the devil.
Giving his own of the story, the man said he asked his wife to prepare food for him, but instead of preparing food, she was busy washing clothes.
He said that he got annoyed because he was hungry and the annoyance made him to pour petrol on her and set her on fire.
According to Oyeyemi, “When asked whose clothes the woman was washing, the man confessed that it was his clothes”.
Meanwhile, the Ogun state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
