The Ogun State Police Command has
arrested a middle-aged man, Mukaila Adebesin, for allegedly setting
ablaze six people in Ita Balogun Compund, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta.
The victims are Adesanya, 20, Sulaiman Adebesin, 20, Saburi Seteolu 18, Raheem Bello 19, Azeez Alabi 20, and Kola Sodeinde 19.
It was gathered that the victims were
allegedly set ablaze by Adebesin at 7pm because they were gambling and
smoking Indian hemp on his premises.
A witness, who pleaded anonymity, said
Adebesin, a commercial bus driver, had just returned from an outing
when he saw the six youths in his compound.
He said, “Their activities made the
driver engage them in an argument. As the talks became heated, Adebesin
reached for a can of petrol which he emptied on them.
“The victims attempted to flee when it dawned on them that the liquid poured on them was petrol.
“But they caught fire from a stick of
the Indian hemp being smoked by one of them. They suffered high degree
burns due to the incident.”
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