A 22-year-old woman, identified as, Lami Clement has been
arrested by Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly setting a pregnant
housewife, Amina Ayodele ablaze. She was said to have bought a gallon of
petrol, which she poured on Amina and then took a lighter with which she set
her ablaze.
The victim reportedly sustained burns on her face, hands and
thighs. The suspect told PUNCH she had a relationship with
the husband of the victim, Mustapha Ayodele, for three years, but he jilted her
and married Amina.
She said, "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."
Amina, who is currently recuperating at the Orthopaedic ward
of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, said she was in her
house on that day when she heard a knock on the door and she opened it.
She said after the suspect entered the house, she brought
out a gallon, poured petrol on her and lighted it.
"Although my husband told me that Lami (Clement) tried to
discourage him from marrying me because she had some affection for him, he did
not know that she could go to the extent of harming me," she added.
The husband of the victim, Mustapha, denied dating Clement.
He said, "I have never dated Lami (Clement) in my life. I
only counselled her on how to go about her life affairs. Why would she attack
my three months old pregnant wife just because she admires me?"
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command,
Mahmoud Mohammed, said the suspect had been charged to court.
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