19-year-old lady set ex-lover’s girlfriend, house ablaze

Police have arrested a 19-year old lady, Jemila Ibrahim, with her friend, Fatima Mohammed, in the Festac area of Lagos State for setting ablaze the house of her ex-lover and his new girlfriend on November 18.

Mohammed Yusuf, an ex-lover to Jemila, was said to have got a hint of the incident and rushed to the house where he met his house on flame but managed to rescue Rabi, his new lover, from the inferno and took her to the hospital where she eventually died on November 21, 2020.

Mohammed had alleged his former lover, Jemila, of infidelity before they broke up.

He later met and fell in love with his new lover, Rabi, that was caught up in the inferno.

Jemila Ibrahim and her friend, Fatimo Mohammed, who reportedly accompanied Jemila to commit the heinous crime, have been arrested by the police operatives attacked to Satellite Division of the command.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who condemned the crime, has ordered that the matter be transferred to the State CID, Panti, for discreet investigation. The Commissioner of Police also vowed to go after those who engage in crimes and social vices in order to get Lagos State rid of criminals and criminality.

The police boss however encouraged Lagosians to shun taking laws into their hands; noting that jungle justice will only truncate the administration of justice and such could be counterproductive.