Man goes berserk, set home, wife, children ablaze in Kwara

A resident of Eyenkorin area of Ilorin, Kwara State, went berserk on Sunday as he set his house, with his wife and children on fire over disagreement with the wife.

The incident was confirmed by the HOD, Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle.

He said a man living in the area identified as Mr Kola called the service to the scene of the incident.

Adekunle in a telephone chat with Daily Trust said the service was able to put out the fire and prevented it from escalating to other buildings in the neighbourhood.

He said, “What we learnt was that the man can’t remember his name now, and his wife had misunderstanding about two years ago before he relocated to another of his building, leaving the wife and children behind.

“All attempts to settle the matter did not yield results and the move to also convince him to allow the wife and children live there since he had another house also failed.

“According to the report, the man suddenly appeared on Sunday and sprayed the three bedrooms flat with petrol before setting it ablaze with the children inside that his wife was frustrating him.”

He said it took the intervention of the resident who reported the incident and others for the occupants to be rescued.