Anthony Iwuoma
A 32-year-old woman has landed in hot soup for allegedly burning a 23-year-old woman to death in the Onipanu area of Ogun State.
The suspect, Kehinde AbdulWasiu, was reportedly driven by jealousy to pour petrol on Tosin Olugbade, her husband’s alleged concubine, and then set her ablaze.
According to the Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the deceased’s husband, Fatai Olugbade, reported the matter at Onipanu divisional headquarters, Ota.
It was gathered that Olugbade had told the police he had in August accused his wife of having an affair with Ismail Wasiu, husband of the suspect.
However, the deceased just packed out of his house and moved in with Wasiu.
A report by Daily Post said Olugbade also told the police that he was informed on November 14, 2021, that Wasiu’s wife had a brawl with Tosin, and the suspect, a mother of three, allegedly poured petrol on her and set her ablaze.
“The deceased was rushed to the hospital by her family members, but she later gave up the ghost while receiving treatment,” Oyeyemi said on Friday.
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Acting on the report, the DPO of Onipanu Division, CSP Bamidele Job, mobilised his men to the scene, “where the husband of Kehinde, who had asked his wife to run away was arrested.”
Oyeyemi added that the CSP Femi Olabode-led homicide team of the state CIID embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation, which led to the arrest at Saki area of Oyo State.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, but claimed that she didn’t know what came over her on that fateful day,” Oyeyemi stated.
The police spokesman further said preliminary investigation had shown that the suspect and her husband initially lied to the deceased’s family that she got the burn injuries as a result of cooking gas explosion; “but when the lie was exposed, the husband quickly asked the wife to take to flight.”
The Ogun Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the case be given speedy investigation so as to charge the suspects to court as soon as possible.
