A 40-year-old jealous lover, recognized as Etifa Obukulubu, on Saturday in Igbogene location of Yenagoa Local Government Area, the Bayelsa State, allegedly set ablaze the home of his girlfriend over suspicion of cheating.
The deceased, a pastor operating with the New Baptist Church and a female assistant had been reportedly burnt to dying within the hearth.
While a few residents claimed the burnt residence turned into owned with the aid of the focused woman’s circle of relatives, others claimed it became rented by the deceased Pastor.
DAILY POST amassed that the incident, which happened at approximately 3am on Saturday, brought about pandemonium as try to rescue those in the constructing failed.
DAILY POST additionally learnt that the go out door out of the house changed into jammed from outdoor whilst the centered girlfriend, diagnosed as Wilberforce, reportedly vacated her domestic for the deceased pastor and his assistant who got here from outside the nation on an evangelical assignment.
Residents of Igbogene Community advised DAILY POST, that the suspect, who's a commercial motive force, had waited for his lady friend to come back domestic, “however maybe on sighting her with a man and any other woman, he got indignant and set the home ablaze.
“He waited for them to enter the residence. And use gasoline to set fireplace round the residence. But he did no longer understand that his girlfriend had left long gone to sleep with any other friend.”
Another resident, who defined the suspect as a loner, said the incident taken aback each person in the vicinity, “those enthusiasts have been staying three houses apart and no one suspected they had been relationship.
“It is unfortunate that the pastor and his assistant died in the hearth. I changed into advised the pastor changed into invited to evangelise in Yenagoa and the estranged female friend offered her home for them to sleep so for them to go away early.”
Contacted at the improvement, the Spokesman to the Bayelsa Police Command, confirmed the incident and said research is ongoing.
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