Police in Ogun State have apprehended a 46-years old man, Hassan Azeez for pouring petrol on his wife and set her ablaze.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ibogun divisional headquarters by the victim’s father, who reported on 22nd of October 2022, that her daughter, Olayinka Hassan was set ablaze by her husband over a minor disagreement, and that the victim, a mother of one, had been rushed to an hospital in Ibadan.
State Police Public Relations Officer in SP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed in a statement.
According to Oyeyemi, upon the report, the DPO Ibogun division, CSP Samuel Oladele quickly mobilized his men and moved to the scene, but before getting there, the suspect had escaped.
Oyeyemi said since then, the police operatives have been on his trail until 22nd of January when he was eventually apprehended .
He said upon 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 to prepare his food, she was busy washing clothes.
He stated further that he got annoyed because he was hungry and the annoyance made him to pour petrol on her and set her on fire.
When asked whose clothes the woman was washing, he confessed that it was his clothes.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.
Source: Encounter
