Lagos Police Arrest Lady Who Sets Ex-lover’s Room Ablaze

A 19-year-old girl, Jemila Ibrahim who resides in Monkey Village, Festac, has been arrested by the Police for setting ablaze ex-boyfriend’s (Mohammed Yusuf) room ablaze.

She was arrested in company her 21-year-old friend, Fatima Mohammed.

Yusuf currently has another girlfriend, Rabi, who was inside the room when Jemila set it on fire.

Mohammed 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 manged to rescue Rabi, his new lover, from the inferno and took her to the hospital where she gave up the ghost on 21st November, 2020, at about 12pm.

Mohammed had alleged his former lover, Jemila Ibrahim, of infidelity before they broke up; he later met and fell in love with his new lover, Rabi, that was caught up in the inferno.

The duo of Jemila Ibrahim, f, and her friend, Fatimo Mohammed, f, of Monkey Village, who accompanied Jemila to commit the heinous crime, have been arrested by the police operatives attacked to Satellite Division of the command.

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. The Commissioner of Police also vowed to go after those who engage in crimes and social vices in order to get Lagos State rid of criminals and criminality.

The police boss however encouraged Lagosians to shun taking laws into their hands; noting that jungle justice will only truncate the administration of justice and such could be counterproductive.