The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Andrew Enwerem, has confirmed that a 45-year-old man, Uche Ubanwa, a native of Umuahiami Afara in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State did the unthinkable by setting his wife, Ugochi, on fire after a domestic quarrel.
Reports of the ugly incident states that Ugochi was sleeping when her husband poured petrol on her and set her ablaze before handing himself to the police.
The couple were said to have been having issues and had engaged in a heated argument following a disagreement on Valentine’s Day. Mr Ubanwa accused his wife of going out to have sex with her boy friend on Valentines day.
A family source was quoted as saying:
“The woman was sleeping when the husband set her ablaze having poured fuel on her. Even though everybody knows that Ugochi has been sleeping around, Uche should have just sent her back to her parents instead of burning her alive “
That action incensed the deceased kinsmen from the nearby from Ekwe autonomous community in Isu Njaba local government area, who stormed Ubanwa’s village on revenge mission.
The angry youths destroyed property and houses which are reported to be worth millions of naira and it took the intervention of the police to quell the violence that ensued.
The suspect is in police custody, while investigation is currently ongoing.
