Police Inspector Sets Wife Ablaze [Photo]

What would make a man empty a gallon of fuel on his wife in the kitchen without regard for his 18-month-old son by the woman? That was the question on the lips of stunned patients and visitors at the Leverage Hospital, Igbo-Elerin, Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos State, where the doctor and his retinue of nurses are battling to save the life of a woman whose husband, a police inspector, set ablaze on Friday after a squabble.

The victim, Augustina, hails from Anambra State while her husband, Wasiu Jimoh, is from Kwara State. With burns all over her body, fluid mixed with human fat dripped ike a fountain from her face down her chest to her fingertips. Writhing in pains, the medics, Dr Bayo and the nurses, battled to give Augustina some relief as her peeling skin glued her to the hospital bed. The doctor said she had suffered second-degree burns.

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Initially, she hardly uttered a word except some feeble words expressing regrets over a marriage that has gone sour barely two years after it was contracted.

How it started
The residents of 7 Tunde Lawal Street, Okokomaiko, woke up on Friday to witness a more dangerous fight between the couple said to be notorious for constantly quarreling.
According to Augustina, trouble started on Thursday when she reported to the husband that a certain lady sent her an irritating text massage warning her to leave Wasiu alone, claiming that the police officer was her man.
The victim, who claimed that her husband had the habit of keeping relationship with other women, said Inspector Jimoh flared up and started beating her. On Friday morning, he reportedly told her that since she was stubborn, he was going to deal with her.

She also claimed that he had constantly quarrelled with her over her demand for feeding money, adding that he frequently assaults her on the slightest provocation.According to the victim, as he was pounding her, a neighbor came to her rescue and facilitated her escape to another neighbour’s kitchen, who was cooking at that time, only for the husband to rush in and emptied a gallon of fuel upon her by the fire place. But police officer, said to be serving at the Ifako Police Station, Bariga, told the doctor that it was his wife that was bearing the keg of fuel in her hand as she made her escape into the neighbour’s kitchen. Unfortunately, he explained, the fuel exploded upon her leaving the whole place on fire.

Scared neighbours
When our correspondent visited the couple’s residence, neighbors talked about the incident in hushed tones as if all were mindful of an uncertain fate that might befall them if they said anything. Sunday Sun gathered that the victim was the fifth woman in the officer’s home, as four other women that lived with him had ran away for their dear lives. A reliable source disclosed that his first wife escaped when she realized that the man was like a time bomb that could explode on her. She is said to be presently living abroad.
It was gathered that until Augustina came, no woman could live with Jimoh. But the victim, according to a close associate of the husband, believed she could change the man for good.

Augustina’s shocker
Asked if she would return to the marriage after her ordeal, Augustina reluctantly told our correspondent that she would wait for her family’s decision. According to her, she cannot give a definite response until she had heard from her family and that her mind was not made up.

Our correspondent also gathered that when the incident happened, the woman ran to her Pentecostal church pastor to show him what was left of her burnt skin before the pastor instructed her to proceed to the hospital for medical intervention. Her decision to rush to her pastor, it was explained, was because the man of God had been advising her to pray that the man could change since there is no situation too difficult for God to handle.
The woman has however appealed for assistance from government and non-governmental organizations.
The police officer was arrested on Friday but it was gathered that he had been granted conditional bail at press time.

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Posted: at 25-03-2012 04:21 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

This man shd be sentence to death by hanging :

Posted: at 25-03-2012 04:41 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Chai,wicked man(police)

Posted: at 25-03-2012 04:53 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

he ower portion of pain is waitin 4 him in the hands of almighty GOD...4 puting this woman into pain..wicked man.

Posted: at 25-03-2012 05:04 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

this is madness

Posted: at 25-03-2012 05:11 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

What shall we not hear in naija... frustration everywhere... God have mercy!!!

Posted: at 25-03-2012 06:11 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Ok o. Dnt make up ur mind. Until he bath u wit acid or kill u and throw ur body away b4 u regret frm d grave.

Posted: at 25-03-2012 06:55 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

PERIOD..

Posted: at 25-03-2012 07:04 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

too bad, i wish her a quick recovery , they have so many animals in the uniform at various armed forces of Nigeria, and the earlier they quash them all from the forces the better, simply because so many of them normally got away with this kind of incidents , that's the main reasons these animals in uniforms will continues behaving this way , i wonder where are those noisy human right activist?or are the police men and women above the law?

Posted: at 25-03-2012 07:14 PM (12 years ago) | Grande Master

IF POLICE TO FIT SET HIM WIFE ABLAZE... THEN I WONDER WETIN CONDUCTORS AND BUS DRIVERS GO DEY SEE FOR THEIR HAND OVER 20 NAIRA BRIBE. PLEASE OUR LEADERS WE NEED REAL POLICE MEN AND NOT TOUTS

Posted: at 25-03-2012 07:26 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming