“He was burnt while setting fire to my house” LANDLADY who allegedly burnt her tenant’s son to death in Lagos confesses
Hmmm! That moment when you think
you have heard all the strange news in the world, then that brazier news from
the pit of hell surfaces and you can’t help but to bemoaned and bemused with
mouth agape. According to this particular news dominating the social media, a
middle aged landlady in Lagos has reportedly set her tenant’s son ablaze while
trying to set fire in her house. The news has it that the young man had gone
out in the wee hours of Tuesday when the incident happened.
Vanguard reports…
LAGOS—Controversy is currently
trailing the death of a 22-year-old man, who was allegedly set ablaze by his
landlady and her children in the densely-populated Ajegunle area of Lagos.
The deceased, simply identified
as Emmanuel, reportedly went to ease himself in the early hours of Tuesday,
leaving his father and sister inside their one-room apartment.
His sister, who had waited
endlessly for his return, went to check on him in the toilet situated at the
boys quarters of the building on Alafia Street.
She reportedly found her brother
on the ground with his body on fire. She raised an alarm, which attracted
tenants.
Two hospitals were said to have
rejected Emmanuel. He reportedly breathed his last after writhing in pains.
ajegunle-burnt-tenant
The house where Emmanuel was
allegedly burnt to death.
While the deceased’s family
alleged that Emmanuel was set ablaze by the landlady and her children, the
latter, who is on the run, alleged that the former intended to set the building
ablaze but was caught in his own web.
Feud
Investigation by Vanguard
revealed that there had been a lingering quarrel between Emmanuel’s family and
the landlady. It was gathered that both parties had been to the Ajeromi Police
Station several times to settle quarrels.
A resident, who spoke on strict
condition of anonymity when Vanguard visited, blamed policemen at Ajeromi for
not nipping the situation in the bud until it led to Emmanuel’s death.
According to the resident, “I
blame policemen at Ajeromi for the death of this young man. Emmanuel’s father
and the landlady have reported their misunderstandings to the police several
times. Nothing was done to bring a lasting solution to the quarrel. Had they
acted when they were supposed to, this would not have happened.”
Although the resident could not
tell exactly what happened that fateful night, he said: “I woke up with the
alarm raised by some tenants that night. We were told that it was the deceased
that lit the fire.
“However, the question is how is
it possible judging from the distance between his apartment and where the fire
was said to have been lit? This is what the Police should look into.”
Another resident, who also spoke
with Vanguard, said: “How come he sustained fire burns if he was in his room?
How come only the window of the affected room was gutted by fire if he did not
intend to set the building ablaze?
“Many are of the view that the
petrol could have spilled on him as he struck the match. Besides, he was alone
at the scene of the fire.”
Police sources hinted that the
landlady, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, had bolted,
adding that effort was on to apprehend her with a view to commencing
investigation into the matter.
At press time yesterday,
operatives at the homicide section of the State Criminal Intelligence and
Investigations Department, SCIID, Yaba, had taken over the investigation.
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