A 75-year-old grandmother has allegedly set her son, daughter in-law and two grandchildren on fire in the Aponmu area of the Ondo State capital, Akure.
The grandmother was identified as Iforiti Oloro.
It was learnt that the grandmother who lives in the same compound as her son, reportedly woke up at midnight while the family slept, and set the house on fire.
Bayo Adegboyega, a resident in the community, explained that the residents noticed that the family’s house was on fire on Saturday, at about 2:00am and all the family members were at home.
“I had to join other neighbours in putting off the fire by breaking the windows to gain entry. But, sadly, by the time we entered, Victor Oloro, his wife Racheal, and their two children, Blessing and Toluwani, had been affected by the fire.
“So, we rushed them to the Federal Medical Centre in Owo after being rejected at the state hospital in Akure because of the degrees of burns suffered from the fire incident, but unfortunately, we lost the last born on arrival, while on Sunday night, the man and his wife died. Only the firstborn is alive but in a critical condition.”
The septuagenarian reportedly confessed to having set the building on fire because her son and his wife were starving her of food.
The state police spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami Omisanya, who confirmed the incident, said the divisional police officer (DPO) in the community, was still awaiting details of the incident.