- Two grandchildren survive, responding to treatment – Police
- Suspect injured in the inferno, receiving treatment
Fresh facts have emerged why the grandmother, identified as lforiti Oloro, set her son’s entire family members ablaze over an allegation of starvation in Apomu community of Akure, the Ondo State capital
A police source hinted that the woman, who regretted her action, claimed she actually wanted to kill only her daughter-in-law, Racheal, not her son, Victor Oloro and grandchildren, Toluwani and Blessing.
The source quoted her as confessing that she had an axe to grind with the daughter-in-law who was actually the one starving her of food in the house.
It was further gathered that the suspect, during interrogation, regretted killing her son alongside the wife, admitting that she overreacted to the ill-treatment meted to her by the daughter-in-law.
”She expressed regret that her son also died in the inferno and that if she knew this will happen, she would have found a way to ensure that her son did not sleep in the same room with the wife that ill-fated day.
“She regretted not separating the son before setting the rest of the family ablaze”, the source said.
Meanwhile, the police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, has disclosed that the two grandchildren did not die in the inferno as earlier reported in the media.
According to Odunlami; “Only the couple died in the inferno. The two grandchildren were injured but they are alive and responding to treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo.
”The old woman has been evacuated from the burnt house by her other son and the police. She too was affected by the inferno and receiving treatment at the FMC, in Owo.”
The suspect, who resides with his son in the same house, complained that they starved her of food and she reportedly set the house ablaze while the family members were asleep, at about 2 am killing the couple and injuring the two grandchildren who were rushed to the FMC, Owo.
The suspect reportedly got some dry palm fronds and the little petrol her son kept in a gallon (for generator), spread it around the house and then put fire to it.” – Reports from the Vanguard
