Grandmother Sets Son, Wife, Grandchildren On Fire In Ondo

A grandmother identified as lforiti allegedly set her son, wife, and two grandchildren ablaze in the Apomu community of Akure, Ondo State.

The grandmother reportedly resides with her son in the same house.

Eyewitness Korede Michael narrated the tragic incident to reporters, stating that “the woman, her son, Victor Oloro; wife, Rachael; and children, Toluwani and Blessing, were all in the house when the woman set it on fire.

She 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.”

Michael also reported that the suspect was unaffected by the fire, adding that “the children could not send the woman out of the house when she started behaving strangely because her late husband built it.”
“I was the first to notice the fire and jumped into the house before other community members joined me in rescuing them.

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“We got a vehicle immediately to transport them to the government hospital in Akure. “When we got to Akure (UNIMED annexe), the doctors and nurses rejected the patients, saying they could not take care of them due to the degree of the burn, and advised that we take them to the Federal Medical Center in Owo.

“Unfortunately, we lost the last grandchild, who was just two and a half years old, immediately we got to Owo. “The son and his wife also gave up the ghost while the only grandchild left is in a critical condition.”

The grandmother reportedly confessed to the crime, stating that she burnt her son and his family because they were starving her of food.

The case is now with the State Criminal Investigation Division, according to police spokesperson Funmi Odunlami.