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SETS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER ABLAZE OVER PROPERTY
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The woman’s husband, Joshua, was said to have
poured petrol on her, their daughter, and his seven-year-old son, Samson, and
set fire on them.
News men learnt the incident happened on Thursday on
Augustine Street, Ire Akari Estate, in the Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun
State, after a disagreement between the couple.
Gbemisola’s son, Joshua Babatunde, 16, who escaped by a whisker, said his
stepfather had wanted his mother to sell their three-bedroomed apartment, but
she refused.
He said, “It was the
scream of my mother that woke me up. Dolapo and Samson were also set ablaze. I
wanted to put out the fire when my stepfather poured petrol on me as well.
Before he returned with matches, I managed to escape and reported at the Ifo
Police Station.
“He was working with a
factory but was sacked some months ago. He then told my mother to sell the
house so that he could use the money to start a business. But my mother said
she would never sell the house she struggled to build.
“We moved into the house
in January. The following month, he and Samson started living with us. It was a
woman at our former residence in Iyana Ipaja (Lagos State) that bore Samson for
him. He used to beat mum while we were in Iyana Ipaja.”
News men gathered that Joshua fled
immediately the incident happened, while the victims were admitted to Aron
Hospital, a private facility in the area.
Dolapo was said to have
died a few minutes after she got to the hospital while the mother died on
Friday.
Samson, who has burns in
the head, hands and legs, is still responding to treatment.
Gbemisola’s brother,
Wale, said she had always been abused by the husband, adding that constant
beatings forced her to relocate from Iyana Ipaja to Ifo. Read more
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