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18-Year-Old Girl Sets Boyfriend Ablaze
An 18-year-old girl, Esther Alex, on Monday, allegedly set her boyfriend ablaze at Zaki Biam in Wadata area of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State.
A neighbor to chose to be anonymous explained the boyfriend who he identified as Chidimma Omah was having a misunderstanding with the girl.
According to the neighbor, “The two love birds have been having misunderstanding.
“But around 2am today(Monday), we heard a loud noise which woke people up and we later discovered that a house was burning.
“It was later we gathered that a girl who had misunderstanding with her boyfriend decided to punish him.
“As of now, we cannot say specifically what the misunderstanding was but by the time we got to the scene of the incident, the young man was severely burnt and had to be rushed to the hospital.
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The Police Public Relations Officer for Benue Command, DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident.
Anene said that the 18-year-old girl poured petrol around the victim’s one-room apartment before setting it on fire.
She added that the girl has been arrested and brought into police custody.
“We don’t know yet why she did that. We are yet to question her but I can confirm that she has been arrested and brought to our custody.”
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