A man identified as Muritala Afolabi in Osun State on Friday, set himself ablaze in an attempt to commit suicide.
Daily Report gathered that incident happened in Iree, Osun state.
According to resident of the community, Afolabi was said to have purchased some petrol from the fuel station, went into the bush and lit up his body.
Afolabi was, however, rescued by residents who heard him in agony while the fire was burning.
The residents immediately rushed him to the hospital in Iree after seeing the degrees of injuries he had sustained.
In an interview with Punch, Afolabi said he decided to commit suicide having been subjected to emotional torture and frustration by his wife.
The 30-year-old vulcaniser, said he got married to his wife in July 2022 and since then, the woman had made life difficult by allegedly cursing and abusing him.
“I just thought of ending it. That Friday, I went into a filing station, bought fuel and went to a forest behind Baptist High School, Iree, and set myself ablaze.
“I thought of what I was passing through and it made me to decide to end my life. Poverty and repeated curses of my wife made me to lose hope. I married the woman just in July this year.
“Some people heard me when fire was burning my body and rushed to the scene. They rescued me and brought me to hospital,” the news platform quoted the victim as saying.
When contacted, Afolabi’s wife, Ifedolapo, denied cursing her husband, saying;
“I am his wife. I am yet to have any child for him, I don’t know why he decided to kill himself.”
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