Man Held For Setting Wife Ablaze Over Refusal To Prepare Dinner

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 46-year old man identified as Hassan Azeez for pouring petrol on his wife and consequently set her ablaze for refusing to prepare meals for him.

The victim and mother of one, Olayinka Hassan was said to have ignored her husband’s directive, who instructed him to serve him food while he was hungry.

LEADERSHIP Weekend  gathered that Azeez was arrested by police operatives in Ibogun Divisional Headquarters in the Info Local Government Area of the state after a complaint lodged by the father of the victim, who reported that her daughter, Olayinka Hassan was set ablaze by her husband over a minor disagreement.

The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed Azeez’s arrest stated that the suspect had since ran away to the neighbouring Republic of Benin since the 22nd of October, year 2022 when he committed the crime.

Oyeyemi further stated that police operatives had been on the trail of Azeez since then before luck ran out on him on 22nd of January, 2023 when he was eventually apprehended.

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