Etim Ekpimah
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Jemila Ibrahim, ‘f’, 19 years old, and her friend, Fatima Mohammed, ‘f’, 21 years, of Monkey Village, FESTAC area of Lagos State, for setting ablaze the house of one Mohammed Yusuf, ‘m,’ of Monkey Village, Lagos State, and his girlfriend, Rabi, ‘f’, on November 18 around 5.30pm.
It was learnt that Yusuf, an ex-lover to Jemila, had the hint of the incident and rushed to the house, where he met his house on flame but managed to rescue Rabi, his new lover, from the inferno and took her to the hospital, where she gave up the ghost on November 21, around 12pm.
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Monday, said Mohammed had accused Jemila of infidelity before they broke up.
He added that Mohammed later met and fell in love with Rabi, who died in the inferno.
“The duo of Jemila and Fatimo, who committed the heinous crime, were arrested by the police operatives attacked to Satellite Division of the command,” he said.
According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who condemned the crime, has ordered that the matter be transferred to the State CID, Panti, for discreet investigation.
He added that the CP also vowed to go after those who engage in crimes and social vices to get Lagos State rid of criminals and criminality.
Odumosu, however, asked Lagosians to shun taking laws into their hands; noting that jungle justice will only truncate the administration of justice and such could be counterproductive.