A
middle-aged man identified as Oladimeji Fowowe has been arrested by the
police at Iju Police Station Red House, Lagos State, Southwest
Nigeria, for allegedly setting his wife on fire, when he threw a burning
stove and hot water on her.
Oluwakemi Fowowe battling for survival on hospital bed.
The
suspect, who trailed his wife to Ijoko in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria
where she had gone to assist her husband’s younger brother’s wife who
had just put to bed a set of twins, was alleged to have committed the
crime when his wife returned to Iju area of Ishaga, Lagos State from
Ijoko
Speaking with P.M.NEWS on her hospital bed at Ogba, Lagos
State, the victim, Mrs. Oluwakemi Fowowe, said she left her husband and
father of her three children, when his trouble and that of his mother
became unbearable for her.
“I was at the passage facing outside
not knowing that my husband had sneaked through the back door and the
next thing I heard was a loud noise as he threw both the burning stove
and a pot of hot water on me.
“My body caught fire and I ran
outside, shouting for help before people assisted me in putting out the
fire. I became unconscious before I was rushed to the hospital, where
the doctors battled to revive me. I want all well-meaning Nigerians to
come to my aid as I have no one to help me,’’she moaned in pains
Oladimeji
was subsequently arrested and handed over to the police at Iju Police
Station, where he was detained but he was later granted bail.
His
wife’s family said he should not be sent to jail because of the three
children his wife had for him. But he was advised to take care of the
victim.
However, the wife’s family decided to press charges against
him when he failed to honour his side of the agreement, to take care of
the victim. He allegedly abandoned her in the hospital.
Oladimeji,
who had earlier told the police that his action was the handiwork of
the devil, has gone underground to evade arrest. The victim is
appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to come to her aid as she requires
about N400,000 for the treatment of the burns.
PMNews
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