‘He jilted me after long years of relationship’ Woman Defends Setting Alleged Ex’s Pregnant Wife On Fire
A 22-year-old jealous lady caused quite a stir in a Bauchi State community after she set a pregnant housewife on fire.
The suspect, Lami Clement, who hails from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, Bauchi attempted to set ablaze a housewife in their apartment at Sabon Kaura, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
According to Punch, Lami attacked Amina Lawal, an indigene of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, in her house with a gallon of petrol, which she doused on her and then took a lighter with which she set her ablaze.
The victim reportedly sustained burns on her face, hands and thighs.
Speaking to newsmen at the Police State Command Headquarters, the suspect said she had a relationship with the husband of the victim, Mustapha Ayodele, for three years, but he betrayed her and married Amina.
”I did not actually go there to burn his wife; my intention was to go to his house and burn all his property. I did not know his wife was in the house. He jilted me after long years of relationship and married another woman,” she narrated.
Narrating her own side of the story, Amina, who is currently recuperating at the Orthopaedics ward of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, said that on the day of the incident, she was in her house when she heard a knock on the door and she opened it and ushered in the visitor.
She said after the suspect had entered the house, she brought out a gallon and poured the petrol in it on her, adding that after that, her assailant brought out a lighter and set her ablaze, after which she ran out and locked her inside.
”She poured petrol on me and set me ablaze. I removed my clothes and tried to open the door, but she had locked it from outside. It was when my neighbours heard me shouting ‘Fire! Fire!’ that they came to my rescue.
My husband told me that Lami tried to discourage him from marrying me because she had some affection for him, but he did not know that she could go to the extent of harming me.”
Also speaking on the incident, husband of the victim, said that on the 26th of September 2016, he was at work when he received a call from a neighbour that his house was on fire. He said:
”I rushed home and met my wife burnt all over. We reported the matter to the Yelwa Divisional Police Station, after which they transferred us to the emergency ward of ATBU Teaching hospital for treatment.
I have never dated Lami in my life. I only counselled her on how to go about her life affairs. Why would she attack my wife who is three-month pregnant just because she admires me?”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Mahmoud Mohammed, confirmed the incident and said the suspect had been charged to court.
Photo credit: Armstrong Bakam
Lord have mercy. This psycho deserves a death sentence.
Na wao….Jealousy is the root of every evil
She wanted to burn his properties but on seeing the wife she changed her mind and even locked her in so she doesn’t escape. She is just a bloody liar and kolomental
Although the man is lying but the jilted lover is a fool. Why take her battle to an innocent person, no wonder she was jilted, the man must have seen her jealous traits
Was it the innocent pregnant woman that jilted her? Why didn’t she face the husband himself? She’s even lying about what she did. She deserves a death sentence for this because she had intentions of killing the pregnant woman.
the two of them are foolish