A 35-year-old lady yesterday told how her live-in lover poured fuel on her and set her ablaze in Ikotun area of Lagos State.
The lady, Janet Udegba said her lover, Mr.
Kehinde Adesamuye, 39, set her on fire because he was angry and jealous
over her relationship with other men. She said she was at the Junction
where she does her business of selling cooked Indomie before kehinde
came that night, poured petrol on her and lit it with fire.
Janet
however says Nigerians should not let kehinde go scot free with what he
has done to her.
Janet narrates how it all started after the cut…
‘’My husband has always been jealous. He used to beat me every time, under any guise and excuse.
I’ve tried several times to leave him, but
he always threatens to harm me. I stayed with him because I was afraid
of him and my life. He always told me that I could never escape from
him, except I leave Lagos State. Anytime I said I was leaving him, he
would say, no problem, but that he would do something to me which I
would not forget. Now, see what he had done to me. He wanted to kill me.
“I used to sell indomie at Ikotun round
about. There are other men and women selling there too. We’re all
friends. Last two weeks Friday, one of the traders had a baby. We went
for the naming ceremony. Kehinde was there with me. One of the traders
gave me a drink; I just took a sip because I was in my flow.
“That was how it all started. He said I was
kissing another man in his presence. He said that I sipped from the
bottle that the man drank from. Right there, he started threatening that
he was going to deal with me when we get home.
To be on the safe side, I called my younger
sister, telling her that I might come over to spend the night at her
place. I didn’t want him to beat me. When we got home, he cursed, abused
and said all sort of things, but I didn’t respond or reply because I
didn’t want him to pounce on me. This behaviour continued till Saturday.
He even kicked off the bed, but I didn’t mind. I slept on the floor.
When I woke up on Sunday, he had gone out. I
rushed to take my bath because I wanted to leave the house before he
came back. But he suddenly came back, and started beating me for no
reason. He beat so much that I thought he was going to kill me. It was
due to the intervention of our landlord that he left me. After that
beating, I moved in with my younger sister.”
Government should make sure Kehinde pays
for what he did to me. I am an orphan. I have no father or mother. I
sell Indomie to live. Now, I’ve spent all my money. In fact, I need help
she said.
For reasons best known to Kehinde, he
started sending friends to Janet’s shop, to beg on his behalf. He wanted
her to forgive him and come back. But she refused. Last week Tuesday,
Kehinde came to the shop with another friend to beg once more, but Janet
told him that she was through with the relationship. Fuming, Kehinde
jumped up from his seat, told her that he had nothing against her
leaving, but that he was going to deal with her. He made good the threat
by dousing her.
The following day, Kehinde was arrested by policemen as he was strolling along the streets of Ikotun.
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