Princess Munachi, wife of a man identified as Ifeanyi Dimkpa, that was allegedly burnt to death by his brother-in-law is seeking justice.
Dimkpa is reported to have been set on fire in the Abule Ado area of Lagos state by his sister’s husband in their home.
The brother-in-law, Benjamin Ogudoro, 50, was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly setting his wife, Chinyere, and her brother, Ifeanyi Dimpka, on fire at their apartment.
The incident happened at House 5 Oteyi community, Abule- Ado, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, at the early hours of Friday, April 1st, 2022.
Reports say that the couple had an unknown martial crisis, which led the 46-year-old wife and mother of four relocating to Scotland for four years.
She returned to Nigeria when information reached her that her husband was planning to sell the house she built by herself in Nigeria.
Sadly, Ogudoro doused the siblings with petrol and set them on fire while they slept. The inferno killed the wife instantly while Dimkpa managed to make it to the hospital.
It was on his dying bed that he narrated the events leading to their deaths.
In her reaction, Munachi said, her husband, Ifeanyi only went to visit his sister and was not involved in the misunderstanding between the couple before the unfortunate incident happened.
She told BBC Pidgin what her husband told her before he died.
According to the young pregnant wife ”Ogudoro went outside shouting that there is fire in his house and pleaded they pour him water without telling the neighbours there were other people in the house.
My husband struggled before he was able to open the gate, unfortunately he had already sustained burns.”
She also alleged that the suspect had locked the water supply so neighbors won’t be able to quench the fire.