Following his wife’s refusal to have sex with him, a man in Ondo state, Nigeria sprinkled petrol in the room where his stepchildren were sleeping and started a fire.
One of the children died in the inferno while the others are struggling for their lives.
The 54-year-old has been arrested by the Police Command in Ondo State for the dreadful incident which happened in Fagun crescent area of Ondo town.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Akure.
Odunlami, who explained that the incident occurred on Saturday, said that the suspect was being investigated, while the victims were currently receiving treatment at Federal Medical Centre, Owo.
“This is a case of alleged arson and murder, and we need to investigate it to know the cause and how it happened.
“Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to our Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for proper investigation,” Odunlami said.
An eye witness who did not want his name published told NAN, that the suspect claimed that his wife, who is the mother of the victims, had offended him over a little misunderstanding.
The eyewitness further explained that the suspect executed the act because his wife denied him sex.
Weeks ago in far away United States, 38 years old Justin Fields was in Alabama charged with murder and the abuse of a corpse in the gruesome October 21 attack on his lover, Tammy Bailey, 52.
Fields stabbed his live-in girlfriend with an eight-inch survival knife, which he then used to dismember and behead her sequel to her refusal to have sex with him.
The victim’s head was found near her feet and one of her limbs had been severed, according to Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon.
The crime scene was so grisly that officers – rookie and veterans on the force – said it was one of the worst things they’ve ever ‘seen or experienced’ in their careers.
Bodycam footage reveals the suspect confessing to the gruesome murder at the crime scene. In the video, he tells deputies he had done something really bad and that the evidence was inside the house.
He also told officers he knew he would be arrested, Moon told WBRC News.
Deputies arrived at the scene around 5:30 p.m. on October 22 when a neighbor called 911. The suspect confessed to cops that he’d ‘done something bad’ and the evidence was inside the home
According to officials, Fields and his girlfriend had gone out to celebrate his birthday. They left the home they shared on Bailey Drive to head to the Springville area, approximately a half-hour away, Alabama.com reported.
When they returned, Fields wanted to have sex with his girlfriend and when she declined his advances, he stabbed her in the chest.
‘He had a drink of brandy and then went into his bedroom and was playing guitar,’ Moon said. ‘He decided he wanted to have sex, so he went into her room and propositioned her. When she refused him, it frustrated him, and he stabbed her in the chest.’
Fields told investigators he blacked out, went back to his room and went to sleep. The next day, Fields told police he thought he was having a bad dream and stabbed Bailey more than 100 times.
