Woman sets husband ablaze for not celebrating Valentine

Police in Ekiti State have commenced
investigation into the circumstances surrounding
the alleged attempt by a woman to kill her
husband on the Valentine Day in Ado -Ekiti .
Sunday independent learnt that a 30- year -old
woman, Mrs . Bukola Olusegun , allegedly set her
husband , Abimbola , 32, ablaze over his failure to
take her out for fun on the lovers ’ day.
According to the Ekiti State Police Public
Relations Officer ( PPRO ) , Albert Adeyemi , who
confirmed the incident, Abimbola ’ s wife had
confessed setting her husband ablaze .
Adeyemi disclosed that the woman said she set
her husband ablaze because she was annoyed
over his refusal not to celebrate the Valentine
Day with her .
“ According to the Divisional Crime Officer ( DCO) ,
Ado Central Divisional Police Station, the woman
set her husband ablaze because he did not
celebrate the Valentine with her , nor took her
out for fun during the lovers’ day celebration , “
he said .
Adeyemi, who declined the reporter’ s request to
speak with the suspect , who is still in police
custody , however assured that she would be
charged to court as soon as investigations into
the matter is concluded .
One of the neighbours , who rescued the victim ,
told journalists that “ It was midnight that the
husband suddenly ran out from his apartment ,
crying for help , eves as he was raising 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 ( EKSUTH ) , where
he is still being treated .
“ We also reported the incident to the Ado
Central Divisional Police Station from where
policemen promptly came to arrest his wife, ” the
eye witness , who craved anonymity , said .
The victim ’ s mother, Madam Folake Olusegun ,
who said that all her son could say before
passing out at the hospital , was that his wife
was angry that he did not take her out for fun
that day, being a Valentine Day .
She said that this caused a serious
misunderstanding, which made his wife to
threaten to set him ablaze.
“ My son said he dared his wife, saying she could
not do that and suddenly she poured petrol on
him and threw the fire on him” , Madam Olusegun
said .
The woman said further that his son’ s wife has
been accusing him of cheating on her and that
she had been reporting this to his family for
some time.

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