Man Sets Wife Ablaze For Failing to Prepare Dinner

46-year-old Hassan Azeez from Ogun State has set his wife, Olayinka Hassan ablaze after pouring petrol on her.

The victim and mother of one
Olayinka Hassan had failed her husband’s directive to serve him food when he asked.

Police operatives from Ibogun Divisional Headquarters in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State arrested Hassan Azeez after a complaint by the father of the victim.

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The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed Azeez’s arrest months after the suspect ran to the neighbouring Republic of Benin on October 22, 2022.

The Police kept looking for him until January 22, 2023, when he was eventually found and apprehended.

The police said:

“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have ran away to Benin Republic confessed to the commission of the crime, but blamed it on the devil.

“According to him, he asked the victim to prepare food for him but instead of the victim to prepare his food, she was busy washing clothes. He stated further that he got annoyed because he was hungry and the annoyance made him to pour petrol on her and set her on fire.”

Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole hence directed that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Departments (SCIID) for further investigation and possible prosecution.