Reactions As Man Set His 40-Year-Old Facebook Lover Ablaze In Ogun State

 

A manhunt has been launched by the Ogun State Police Command for a man who allegedly set a 40-year-old lover he met on Facebook ablaze.

An affair involving a single mother and a man she met on Facebook has ended in tragedy. Folakemi Akorede, a mother of one, died two days after she was set ablaze by her live-in lover, Olayemi Ojo, after an altercation.

Sources close to the two lovebirds said their romance began about four years ago when the deceased woman met Ojo on Facebook and they exchanged phone contacts and shared conversations on Facebook Messenger.

At the time, in step with sources, Ojo, who became based totally in Italy, kick-started a sizzling romance with Folakemi and sent her several present objects.

An insider who confided in our correspondent revealed that Ojo even paid for brand spanking new lodging for Folakemi in a bid to make her cushty.

The Nation accumulated that Ojo back to Nigeria on December 21, 2020 and moved in with Folakemi at her new residence at No 11 Alawonle Street, Ojo Ade region, off Dalemo Egbado Road, Alakuko, Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State.

Trouble, but, started whilst Ojo allegedly determined that some family individuals he turned into sending cash to help him build his private house had played a prank on him. Ojo become said to had been miffed that Folakemi did not help him display the people he paid to build the house. The remember turned into stated to have degenerated right into a row, following which Folakemi, populary called Mummy Favour, left the residence for approximately one week.

The row however took a sad turn on February 9, 2021 when she again home thinking that Ojo’s anger would have subsided. But while the deceased girl was seated on a chair within the residing room, Ojo, who changed into said to have pretended that he turned into now not angry with her, allegedly poured petrol on her from at the back of and set her ablaze before she ought to rush out of their condominium.

Ojo, who is now on the run, allegedly took Folakemi’s cellular phone with him before he vanished into the air.

Folakemi, a forty-year-antique local of Ado-Ekiti, became rushed via neighbours to a public clinic wherein she allegedly died  days later from the excessive burns she acquired from the incident.

Sources on the house of the deceased stated they were shocked on the ugly killing of the girl they described as friendly.

A neighbour who spoke in self belief said: “It occurred that she have been dating a man known as Ojo Oluyemi on the grounds that approximately four years ago. They met on Facebook, due to the fact at that time, Ojo turned into residing in Italy.

“They met and commenced their affair at the internet. The man paid the hire for the apartment where the woman was staying

“On December 21 closing year, the man came to Nigeria and stayed with the girl. The man became said to have sprinkled petrol on her and set her ablaze.

“After the incident, the person ran away with the cellular cellphone of the unmarried mom.

“Mummy Favour become a very heat individual. She went about her life without any friction with neighbours. It was pretty surprising that such fate would befall her.”

Another source said the affair among the duo were tempestuous earlier than the suspect arrived in the usa approximately four months in the past.

Some buddies of the deceased were stated to have warned her against persevering with with the relationship due to Ojo’s penchant for buying indignant unnecessarily.

One of them stated: “Mummy Favour (deceased) complained of being emotionally harm and insulted by way of the person and this went on for a while.

“At times, they would now not even speak for weeks because of what the deceased defined as Ojo’s recalcitrant mind-set toward her.

“She, but, continued with the relationship each time the person pacified her, maximum instances with gifts.

“She changed into friendly with human beings and his son too. We had been speechless while she shouted for help after her lover set fireplace to her body and fled from the rental.”

A neighbour recognized actually as Wale described the lady’s final days as harrowing.

Recalling Folakemi’s remaining moments, he said: “She reclined in her health facility bed with tears and regretted persevering with with the relationship towards the recommendation of her close buddies and own family members.

“She turned into led on with the aid of the thought that the relationship compensated for the preceding one that hit the rock, not knowing that she might be gruesomely killed by a person she fell in love with on Facebook.”

It was stated that Folakemi’s body has seeing that been deposited at a public morgue, pending police clearance for her interment.

“We attended the identical church. The pastor and some elders are expecting police permission to pick her frame from the mortuary for correct burial, probable in a few days from now,” Wale added.

It changed into learnt that the incident became suggested at the Agbado Police Division.

Contacted, the spokesman of Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the command become at the trail of the suspect.

“The tale is authentic,” Oyeyemi said.

“It’s a grotesque attack on a lady by using her live-in lover at their residence. The man isn't always in reality the lady’s husband; they had been simply live-in enthusiasts.

“It took place that the female, called Folakemi, changed into formerly married to a man for whom she had a son. She had issues along with her marriage and separated from her husband, following which she befriended this man (Ojo) and moved in with him.

“She had a false impression with the man and the person set her ablaze. She turned into rushed to a medical institution wherein she later died.

“The guy, who is the suspect, is now at the run and the police are seriously looking for him.

“We are on his trail and intensifying efforts to arrest him and make him face the wrath of the regulation for his crime.

“I can guarantee you that efforts are in top tools to arrest the suspect who has devoted this heinous crime by means of setting his lover ablaze.”

Oyeyemi said the frame of the overdue lady could be released for burial at the conclusion of ongoing investigations, including an autopsy.

“The body of the female remains on the mortuary. We shall release the body to his circle of relatives for burial on the of completion of ongoing investigations, along with an post-mortem so one can be achieved on her body due to the nature of her loss of life,” he stated.