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Woman Sets Son, Wife, 2 Grandchildren Ablaze In Ondo
A woman, simply identified as Iforiti Oloro, has allegedly set her son, wife and two grandchildren ablaze in Apomu Community, Akure, Ondo state capital. Reliable sources said the woman, who resides with her son and his family set them ablaze after complaining that she was food starved. It was reported that she set the house […]
A woman, simply identified as Iforiti Oloro, has allegedly set her son, wife and two grandchildren ablaze in Apomu Community, Akure, Ondo state capital.
Reliable sources said the woman, who resides with her son and his family set them ablaze after complaining that she was food starved.
It was reported that she set the house ablaze while all members of the family were asleep, killing her son, Victor, his wife Rachael and one of the grandchildren while the other is in critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, after sustaining severe burns.
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An eyewitness, Korede Michael, narrating the incident to pressmen said, “we saw the house on fire around 2:00 am at the weekend and had to break the window to rescue everyone in the house.
“The woman, her son, Victor Oloro; wife, Rachael; and children, Toluwani and Blessing, were all in the house when the woman set it on fire. She got some dry palm fronds and the little petrol her son kept in a gallon (for generator), spread it around the house and then put fire to it.”
“I was the first person to notice the fire and jumped into the house before other members of the community joined me in rescuing them.
“We got a vehicle immediately to transport them to the government hospital in Akure.
“When we got to Akure (UNIMED annex), the doctors and nurses rejected the patients, saying they cannot take care of them due to the degree of the burn and advised that we take them to the Federal Medical Center in Owo.
“Unfortunately, we lost the last grandchild, who was just two and a half years old, immediately we got to Owo.
“The son and his wife, also, gave up the ghost while the only grandchild left is in a critical condition.”
Korede made it known that the grandmother was not physically affected in the incident.
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“The children could not send the woman out of the house when she started behaving strangely because it was built by her late husband”.
Police sources said that the suspect confessed that she burnt her son and his family because they were starving her of food.
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