A man has left residents of his community in shock after he burnt to death his cheating lover at a beer parlour.
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A tragic incident has taken place at Ebijimi Street in the Meiran area of Lagos after a jilted engineer allegedly killed his lover, his rival and poisoned himself.
According to Punch, the female victim, Oriyomi Folarin, a divorcee popularly called Iya Corner, operated a beer parlor on the street and had three grown-up children. It was learnt that the bar was opened for her by the killer identified as Ogundare who is a building engineer.
He is even said to have rented an apartment for her in the Agbado area of Ogun State. But things took a tragic turn last Sunday around 9am when Ogundare reportedly stormed the shop with a gallon of petrol, poured it on the woman and his rival, Akinade Omole, aka Currency, and set them ablaze.
Ogundare's hand was affected by the fire as he fled the scene of the incident. It was learnt that Omole and Folarin died in a hospital in the community on Monday from the burns they suffered.
Things took a drastic turn when Ogundare on hearing that the victims have died, reportedly poisoned himself. The beer shop has been shut since the tragic incident.
Narrating the incident, the a neighbour identified as Femi said: “The engineer bought fuel in a jerrycan and headed for Iya Corner’s shop. I never thought he had any sinister motive. On getting there, he met Iya Corner and Currency chatting as Currency ate eba.
“He poured the fuel on them and set them abalze. The fire caught him in the hand but he escaped. By the time people assisted Iya Corner and Currency to put out the fire, they had suffered serious burns. Currency’s private parts were affected. They died on Monday.”
Another eyewitness, Jacob Oyedeji said: “I rushed out to know what happened only to see Currency and Iya Corner engulfed in flames. Policemen from the Meiran division came that evening. It was the following day that they were declared dead.”
Also, another resident, Yusuf Ajibola, said Ogundare and Iya Corner had been in a romantic relationship for years until sometime in 2016 when he had financial challenges and could no longer meet his lover’s needs.
“That was when Iya Corner started dating Currency. The engineer knew Currency and Iya Corner were in a relationship. He warned the woman to back out or be ready to forfeit the shop he opened for her, but she refused.
“During the Yuletide, Engineer went to the shop and disrupted it. Currency and the woman got him arrested and he was detained by the police. He felt humiliated because he had spent a lot of money on the woman,” he added.
Another eyewitness said Currency was supposed to be installed as a chief in a village where he hailed from in Oyo State in a few weeks’ time.
He said, “The two men are married with children. The engineer built a house in the Obadeyi area and three of his children are graduates. I was surprised that he conducted himself in such a manner. The woman’s first child has three children and one of them, Wunmi, recently graduated. She narrowly escaped being consumed by the fire that evening.
“I learnt yesterday (Tuesday) that the engineer took poison and he died. However, a friend just told me today that he was still alive but in a critical condition at a hospital.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the story.
Posted by 9ija daily news, Published at Thursday, January 26, 2017 and have
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