- The suspect visited her mother on Friday around 5 a.m., called her out, then doused her with petrol and set her on fire
A woman simply identified as Abiodun and popularly called Iya Sunday has set ablaze her mother.
The 45-year-old housewife set ablaze her 86-year-old mother in Ondo town, Ondo State after she was told by her pastor that her octogenarian mother was behind her predicament.
The victim reportedly sustained burns from head to toe and was admitted to an undisclosed hospital in the town, where, according to the police, she later died.
A local privy to the incident, said that the suspect visited her mother on Friday around 5 a.m., called her out, then doused her with petrol and set her on fire.
According to the eyewitness, “What happened between them before the incident we don’t know.
“But the suspect has been arrested by police at the Enu-Owa division for further investigation.”
Speaking, the suspect, Abiodun, alleged that took the decision “because she was told that her mother was behind her predicament.
Abiodun confessed: “I went to my mother’s house around 4 a.m. and sat outside. When it was 5 a.m., I called out my mother from the house.
“Immediately she came out, not knowing what was happening, I poured petrol on her body and set her on fire.
“What started it is that I went to one pastor for prayer, and he told me that my mother was behind what was happening to me.
“I did not believe it at first. My mother also took me somewhere to see a woman. After my mother left, the woman also said the same thing.
“I burnt my mother because of what I heard from the pastor and the woman; that I can only be free from bondage when my mother is dead.”
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the state police command, Funmi Odunlami, said that the suspect had been arrested and that interrogation had commenced.
Odunlami said that the victim, later died in the hospital, a few days after she was admitted
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