BREAKING: Man Razes Self, Family House After Altercation With Wife

 

 

A man in his early thirties,  Onyiuke Nwedeogu, allegedly set himself ablaze after a minor altercation with his wife.

The late Onyiuke also set the family house where his wife, Mrs Felicia Nwedeogu, and their three daughters lived on fire.

The tragic incident occurred at Ndiechi Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.

Sources in the community said the conflict began on Sunday morning when Onyiuke had a minor altercation with his wife during which he beat her up.

Afterward, he gathered all his clothes and placed them in their provision shop.

The eyewitness added that Onyiuke took the matter to his parents, who lived a few kilometres away but was dissatisfied with their attempts to mediate.He was said to have rushed back to his residence, forcibly removed the window protector where his wife and three children were and set the building on fire with motor spirit, despite knowing the family was asleep in the early hours of the morning.

Another source revealed that after the altercation, the man took his belongings to their provision store, locked it and left, only to return at night with a gallon of motor spirit and set the house on fire.

The source added that Mrs Felicia Nwedeogu and three children were rescued through the same window husband had removed the protector after fire engulfed the entire building.

“The man, after setting the building on fire, drove away in his bus to a location where one Elijah rushed him to Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FETHA), where he died on Wednesday,” he said.

The deceased’s body has been deposited at the AE-FETHA morgue. 

It was learnt  the bereaved wife and children were rescued with only a wrapper and children’s pants.

Police spokesperson in Ebonyi state, Joshua Ukandu, said the command was yet to receive official report as of the time of filing this report. 

 

 

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