A 46-year old man, Azeez Hassan, has reportedly set his wife, Olayinka Hassan, on fire for failing to cook for him.
The father had told the police that Azeez had on October 22, 2022, set Olayinka ablaze over a minor disagreement, saying the victim, a mother of one,was rushed to a hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have run away to Benin Republic, confessed to the commission of the crime but blamed it on the devil,” Oyeyemi said.
While narrating what led to the incident, Oyeyemi quoted the man as saying that, “he asked the victim to prepare food for him, but instead of the victim to prepare his food, she was busy washing clothes.”
Azeez, according to the police spokesman, said he became hangry “and the annoyance made him to pour petrol on her and set her on fire.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has transferred the case to the Homicide Section of the state CIID for further investigation and possible prosecution.
Source: Daily Post
