Adesola Sulaimon
An unidentified man set his house on fire with his wife and four kids in the Eyenkorin Area of Ilorin, Kwara State, over the wife’s refusal to leave the house.
This was confirmed in a statement by the Kwara State Fire Service Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Hassan Adekunle.
According to Adekunle, the incident occured on Sunday, July 3rd.
He said” What we learnt was that the man and his wife had misunderstanding about two years ago before he relocated to another of his building, leaving the wife and children behind.
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“All attempts to settle the matter did not yield results and the move to also convince him to allow the wife and children live there since he had another house also failed.
“According to the report, the man suddenly appeared on Sunday and sprayed the three bedrooms flat with petrol before setting it ablaze with the children inside, that his wife was frustrating him.”
“He said it took the intervention of the resident who reported the incident and others for the occupants to be rescued.
