A man simply identified as Kuryanga has been accused of setting his estranged wife, Janet John, ablaze in Guyuk town in the Guyuk Local Government Area, Adamawa state.
Sources has it that John and Kuryanga ended their 7-year marriage three years ago, with a court order prohibiting him from seeing her due to his violent behaviour.
According to Janets aunt Noyina, despite the court order restraining him, Kuryanga kept on threatening Janet.
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Recounted the frightening incident, she said, “It was terrifying to wake up to a column of burning fire like a typical horror movie scene. More torturing was to hear my niece crying for help while she burns in the flames.”
“When he eventually struck, he also joined sympathisers at my niece’s bedside in the hospital the following day. He almost got away with it. Fortunately, his pregnant wife later confirmed an abandoned crime scene petrol container as their family belonging.
“He tiptoed to her sleeping spot within our compound in the dead of the night, poured petrol, struck the matches and fled, leaving her in flames. He got her because of the scourging hot weather; we all sleep in the open.”
Noyina said Kuryanga was arrested after the revelation by his wife, adding that he had confessed to the crime and pleaded to be forgiven.
