The other day a jealous wife cut lover's bre*st, today it's a jealous lover who attacked wife. Nawao!
One of the survivors of late Saturday arson at Double Powerline in Ejigbo area of Lagos, that killed a pastor’s wife, her children and their guest died in the hospital yesterday.
The victim Segun Shofolabo died around 2am at Gbagada General Hospital, after he complained of difficulty in breathing, bringing the dead toll to five including the wife, Mrs. Mary Shofolabo, Taiwo Shofolabo, Iredamola Shofolabo and Kazeem, who all died that Saturday.
A jealous mistress identified as Iya Rachel at the wee hours of Saturday set ablaze the apartment of her lover, Prophet Isaac Shofolabo, locking his wife and children inside the house...
Shofolabo, who owns a Celestial Church of God, Joy of Lord Parish situated in the same compound where the incident occurred went for a vigil at another parish during the incident.
At the time The Nation visited the hospital on Wednesday, Segun who had a drip connected through his leg, catheter on his private part, was restless and in pains.
Besides Segun, laid Elijah Obadina, the deceased’s grandson, who was also badly burnt by the inferno, as family members and sympathisers took turns in fanning them.
According to Bunmi Shofolabo who confirmed Segun’s death, an oxygen mast was fixed on him when he complained about breathing difficulty.
She said: “Later in the night, he complained that he was not breathing well and the nurses brought Oxygen and fixed on him. But he was still struggling and restless. He was trying to remove the Oxygen but we begged him to leave it so he can live. No one knew when he took off the drip on his leg and removed the mast. He died around 2am.”
Meanwhile the Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the fire and deaths.
It was gathered that policemen from Ejigbo Division on instruction from the command headquarters, visited the residence yesterday Thursday.
Before the police operatives got to the compound, it was gathered that the suspect, Iya Rachel, who was said to have sneaked in, escaped.
Her disappearance was said to have irked youths in the street who broke into her house, thinking she locked herself inside.
They were said to have raided the place and attempted to set her room on fire.
It was gathered that she got information about the raid and called a friend of hers to go to the house, probably to get something for her, but the friend refused.
The Nation gathered that the police were also working on interrogating all the tenants within the premises, to ascertain who was aiding the suspect in order to get her.
Lagos Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos said the command would get to the root of the matter.
