Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 46-year-old man, Hassan Azeez, three months after he allegedly poured petrol on his wife, Olayinka Hassan and set her ablaze.
The suspect reportedly set his wife ablaze for her failure to prepare his food on time last year October and ran away to Benin Republic.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this on Friday in a statement.
Oyeyemi added that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ibogun Divisional Headquarters by the victim’s father.
The PPRO said the victim’s father reported the matter on October 22, 2022, that his daughter was set ablazed by her husband over a minor disagreement, and that the victim, a mother of one, had been rushed to an hospital in Ibadan.
“Upon the report, the DPO Ibogun Division, CSP Samuel Oladele, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene. But before getting there, the suspect had escaped.
“Since then, the police operatives have been on his trail until 22nd of January when he was eventually apprehended .
“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have run away to Benin Republic confessed to committing 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.
When asked whose clothes the woman was washing, the suspect confessed that it was his clothes.
Oyeyemi however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed that the suspect be transferred to homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
