Yusuf Hassan
A 43-year old man, Yusuf Hassan who ran amok and poured petrol on the residence of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, thereby razing it down is now in police net.
Yusuf Hassan who had confessed to the police that he intended to burn his ex lover in her own apartment after all plea for reconciliation had failed was arrested, following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye Divisional Headquarters by the 62 years old landlady of the burnt house, Adejoke Salau.
The landlady reported that she heard a noise from one of the buildings within her compound situated at no 127, Old Schorlar Palace, Igan Road, Ago Iwoye, in Ijebu, Ogun State at about 1:15 am.
She said when she came out, she discovered that the building was on fire while the tenants in the house were trapped in there.
She stated further that it was quick intervention of neighbors that rescued the three tenants, but the house got burnt completely.
According to SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Police Command, the DPO Ago Iwoye, CSP Noah Adekanye acted on the report as he led his men to the scene from where the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation in order to know the possible cause of the inferno.
On interrogation, one of the tenants, Falola Busayo informed the police that she saw her ex lover, Yusuf Hassan at the back of her window at about 12:30 am of the fateful day.
She explained further that she was scared to see him at that ungodly hour which made her to scream and ran out of her room to the room of another tenant.
This made other tenants to come out in order to check what Yusuf was up to, only for them to discover flame coming out from Busayo’s room.
Upon the information, Yusuf Hassan was hunted down and was subsequently apprehended.
He initially denied knowing anything about the incident, but when the DPO ordered detectives to go to his house and find out whether he was at home as of the time of the incident, he decided to open up and confessed to being the person who set the house ablazed.
He confessed further that he intended to burn his ex lover in her own apartment because he had tried his possible best to reconcile with her but to no avail, and that was the reason why he bought #500 petrol, poured it into her room through the window and set it on fire.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.
