The Niger State Police command has arrested one Baba Mohammed from Edo Baba village in the Lavum Local Government Area of the state for allegedly setting his neighbour ablaze.
The 45-year-old man reportedly killed Usman Tetengi for wooing his fiancée.
It was gathered that the suspect had warned the victim to stop courting the woman he proposed to marry, but Tetengi threatened to attack him.
Acccording to Punch, Mohammed allegedly drenched his victim with three litres of petrol before setting him ablaze.
Upon interrogation, Mohammed said, “I am not regretting my action because if I did not kill him at that particular time, he would have killed me; so let him go, in his next world, he will not join issues with me again.
“I don’t care where this case will get to, the most important thing is that I have closed his chapter and stopped him from troubling my life.
“There are other women in our community but he chose to make advances to the woman I proposed to marry. He has paid dearly for it, it served him right.”
The Command Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, said Mohammed will be charged to court after further investigation.
Abubakar said the suspect sent one Abdul to buy three litres of fuel which he used in setting the victim ablaze adding that ”the victim was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Bida and was later referred to Gwagwalada Hospital, Abuja where he received treatment until his death.”
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