A 50-year-old man identified as Benjamin Ogudoro has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly setting his wife, Chinyere, and his brother-in-law, Ifeanyi Edoziem, on fire at their apartment.
Reports say the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, 1st of April, 2022 in their home at House 5 Oteyi community, Abule-Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The 46-year-old wife had fled to Scotland, UK with her 4 children following an unknown marital crisis.
However, she returned to Nigeria after 4 years when information reached her that her husband was planning to sell the house she built in Nigeria.
On arrival at the Muritala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, her younger brother and only son of their parents, Ifeanyi, went to pick her up from the airport.
Ogudoro allegedly set the siblings on fire at night and placed a call to one of her sisters to alert her that their house was on fire ,but that he managed to escape while his wife and her brother were trapped.
The truth came to light when on his dying bed, Ifeanyi revealed what actually transpired.
Groaning in excruciating pain from the burns, on the hospital bed, Ifeanyi said, “My sister and I were sleeping when her husband came in late, banging on the door.
“We had a little misunderstanding as he accused me of locking him outside. I told him I didn’t that I only used the key lock and that besides, he could have opened it since he had his keys with him.
“He kept shouting that I locked him out. He insulted me and my sister. But we kept quiet. He left the room, only to return when we had fallen asleep. He poured petrol on us, lit a match, and went out.
”We were burning. I managed to escape but couldn’t save my sister. I was fortunate enough to survive.”
The man is said to have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.
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