A man simply identified as Jude escaped death narrowly when his girlfriend set his house ablaze over his decision not to continue with their marriage plans.
Although, he suffered burns, while members of his house also sustained minor degree of burns from the fire incident.
It was gathered that, Jude incurred the girlfriend’s wrath for his alleged refusal to marry her.
The lady in a bid to “pay back” set her lover’s house ablaze at Shaahu road in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue at about 1:30a.m. on Monday.
Jude was in the house with his mother and a little boy when the lady attacked them.
Occupants of the house were however lucky as none of them lost their lives in the inferno. Though the lover was badly burnt, his mother and the child suffered minor burns and they are now receiving treatment in a Gboko hospital.
“We learnt that Jude had refused to continue his marriage plans with the young woman following her bad attitude towards his mother and they were always quarrelling, reason the man ordered the lady out of his house.
“At the early hours of Monday, she allegedly came with some people, poured petrol in and around the house, set it ablaze and fled but for the quick intervention of neighbours who rescued the occupants,” a neighbour said.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident. Anene said the police received a report that a girlfriend set her boyfriend and his home on fire after pouring fuel around the building. She said no arrest had been made as the lady who was suspected to have committed the act was at large.
