April 10, (THEWILL) – Ogun State Police Command has arrested a
43-year-old man for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex lover, Busayo Falola, ablaze.
The suspect, Yusuf Hassan, was arrested on April 4, 2023, following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye divisional headquarters, by the 62-year-old landlady of the house, Adejoke Salau.
The landlady reported that she heard a noise from one the apartments within her compound, situated at no 127, old Scholar Palace, Igan road, Ago Iwoye, at about 1:15 am, and when she came out, she discovered that the building was on fire, while the tenants in the house were trapped in there.
She explained further that it was quick intervention of neighbours that rescued the three tenants, but the house got burnt completely.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement at the weekend.
Oyeyemi said that upon the report, the DPO, Ago Iwoye, CSP Noah Adekanye, led his men to the scene from where the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation, in order to know the possible cause of the inferno.
“On interrogation, one of the tenants, Falola Busayo, informed the police that she saw her ex-lover, Yusuf Hassan, at the back of her window at about 12:30 am of the fateful day.
“She explained further that she was scared to see him at that ungodly hour which made her to scream and ran out of her room to the room of another tenant.
This made other tenants to come out in order to check what Yusuf was up to, only for them to discover flame coming out from Busayo’s room.
Receiving the information, Yusuf Hassan was hunted for by the police and was subsequently apprehended.
“He initially denied knowing anything about the incident, but when the DPO ordered detectives to go to his house and find out whether he was at home as of the time of the incident, he decided to open up and confessed been the person who set the house ablaze.
“He confessed further that he intended to burn his ex lover in her own apartment because he had tried his possible best to reconcile with her but to no avail, and that was the reason why he bought #500 petrol, poured it into her room through the window and set it on fire.” The Police”, PRO added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.
