30-year-old woman, Mrs
Bukola Olusegun, has been arrested and detained at the Ekiti police command
headquarters, following her arrest for setting her husband on fire.
Abimbola Olusegun, her
32-year-old husband, it was gathered, was doused with petrol and set ablaze by
Bukola during a disagreement they had on Valentine’s Day, allegedly over the
celebration of the day.
Mr Olusegun, said to be a
commercial driver, had arrived at their home in Idolofin area of Ado Ekiti at
about 6pm on February 14 to meet his angry wife, who was said to have warmed up
for a face-off with her hubby, allegedly for failing to take her out for the
fun of the lovers’ day.According to a neighbour,“at
about midnight, the husband suddenly ran out from their apartment and cried for
help. He cried that his wife had set him ablaze. He was burning and was
battling with the fire.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 death.”
The neighbour said he
was taken to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), where he is
still receiving treatment.
“We also reported the
incident to the Ado Central Divisional police station from where policemen
promptly came to arrest his wife,” the neighbour, who didn’t want to be named,
stated.
Olusegun is still in a
critical condition at the hospital, with almost all his entire body affected by
the fire as he was bandaged all over and a nurse at the hospital said
“it seems that his penis
was the main target of the attack.”
Nigerian Tribune
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