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Sodiq Mojibola
A couple – Victor and Rachael Oloro, together with their children – Toluwani and Blessing were set ablaze by a grandmother for allegedly starving her of food.
The tragic incident occurred in Apomu community, Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the grandmother identified as lforiti, allegedly set her son, wife, and two grandchildren ablaze.
Sources disclosed that the grandmother, who lived with her son in the same house, had complained about being starved of food.
PLATFORMTIMES gathered that while the family members were asleep, the grandmother reportedly set the house on fire, leading to the death of three people, including her son Victor, his wife Racheal, and one of the grandchildren.
The other child is currently receiving treatment in critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Owo.
Eyewitness Korede Michael, who narrated the sad incident to newsmen in Akure, said that they saw the house on fire around 2:00 am over the weekend and had to break the window to rescue everyone in the house.
“The woman (grandmother), her son, Victor Oloro; wife, Rachael; and children, Toluwani and Blessing, were all in the house when the woman set it on fire. She got some dry palm fronds and the little petrol her son kept in a gallon (for generator), spread it around the house and then put fire to it.”
“I was the first person to notice the fire and jumped into the house before other members of the community joined me in rescuing them.
“We got a vehicle immediately to transport them to the government hospital in Akure.
“When we got to Akure (UNIMED annex), the doctors and nurses rejected the patients, saying they could not take care of them due to the degree of the burn, and advised that we take them to the Federal Medical Center in Owo.
“Unfortunately, we lost the last grandchild, who was just two and a half years old, immediately we got to Owo.
“The son and his wife, also, gave up the ghost while the only grandchild left is in a critical condition.”
According to Korede, the suspect showed no signs of being affected by the fire, noting that the children were unable to evict the suspect from the house when she began acting strangely as the property was constructed by her deceased husband.
Sources from the police department revealed that the suspect admitted to setting fire to her son and his family because they were neglecting to provide her with food.
State police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident to the media and stated that the case is currently being handled by the State Criminal Investigation Division.
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