Wicked Husband Sets His Wife, Son & Daughter Ablaze as Police Launches Manhunt in Ogun (Photo)

Posted by Odinaka on Mon 29th Aug, 2016 - tori.ng

A 43-year-old teacher, and her 11-year-old daughter have been confirmed dead at an Ogun State hospital after suffering from severe burns.

A bizzare incident which occured on Thursday at Augustine Street, Ire Akari Estate, in the Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State, as a 43-year-old teacher, Gbemisola Edward, and her 11-year-old daughter, Dolapo, have seen the two confirmed dead at an Ogun State hospital.

According to a shocking report on Punch Metro, the woman’s husband identified as Joshua, was said to have poured petrol on her, their daughter, and his 7-year-old son, and set fire on them, and they died after suffering from severe burns.

Disclosing to a correspondent, the deceased woman's 16-year-old son, Joshua Babatunde, who escaped by a whisker, said his stepfather had wanted his mother to sell their 3-bedroomed apartment, but she refused and a disagreement ensued between the couple.

“It was the scream of my mother that woke me up. Dolapo and Samson were also set ablaze. I wanted to put out the fire when my stepfather poured petrol on me as well. Before he returned with matches, I managed to escape and reported at the Ifo Police Station.

“He was working with a factory but was sacked some months ago. He then told my mother to sell the house so that he could use the money to start a business. But my mother said she would never sell the house she struggled to build.

“We moved into the house in January. The following month, he and Samson started living with us. It was a woman at our former residence in Iyana Ipaja (Lagos State) that bore Samson for him. He used to beat mum while we were in Iyana Ipaja,” he said.

It was gathered that Joshua fled immediately the incident happened, while the victims were admitted to Aron Hospital, a private facility in the area. Dolapo was said to have died a few minutes after she got to the hospital while the mother died on Friday, while samson, who has burns in the head, hands and legs, is still responding to treatment.

The burnt woman's brother identified as Wale, revealed that she had always been abused by the husband, adding that constant beatings forced her to relocate from Iyana Ipaja to Ifo.

“Their relationship had been fraught with quarrels since when he was living with my sister in our house at Iyana Ipaja. There was a time he threatened to kill her with a machete. He stole her money and fled.

“When he knew my sister had built a house, he went there to reconcile with her. She insisted that they needed to go to the registry which they did in February. I visited my sister two weeks ago. She said her husband had been threatening her again and that she had told him to leave by the end of August. It was on Thursday afternoon that I got a call that he set her and the children ablaze,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Command’s acting spokesperson, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the command had launched a manhunt for the killer husband.

“We learnt the man and his wife had a quarrel over the ownership of the house they lived in. While the family was asleep, the man poured patrol on the living room and set it ablaze. As a result, the woman and the two children suffered first degree burns. The Commissioner of Police has ordered that the suspect be fished out. He can only run, he cannot hide,” he said.