A man has left residents of his community in shock after he burnt to death his cheating lover at a beer parlour.
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A tragic incident has taken place at Ebijimi Street in the Meiran
area of Lagos after a jilted engineer allegedly killed his lover, his
rival and poisoned himself.
According to Punch, the female victim, Oriyomi Folarin, a divorcee
popularly called Iya Corner, operated a beer parlor on the street and
had three grown-up children. It was learnt that the bar was opened for
her by the killer identified as Ogundare who is a building engineer.
He is even said to have rented an apartment for her in the Agbado
area of Ogun State. But things took a tragic turn last Sunday around 9am
when Ogundare reportedly stormed the shop with a gallon of petrol,
poured it on the woman and his rival, Akinade Omole, aka Currency, and
set them ablaze.
Ogundare's hand was affected by the fire as he fled the scene of
the incident. It was learnt that Omole and Folarin died in a hospital in
the community on Monday from the burns they suffered.
Things took a drastic turn when Ogundare on hearing that the
victims have died, reportedly poisoned himself. The beer shop has been
shut since the tragic incident.
Narrating the incident, the a neighbour identified as Femi said:
“The engineer bought fuel in a jerrycan and headed for Iya Corner’s
shop. I never thought he had any sinister motive. On getting there, he
met Iya Corner and Currency chatting as Currency ate eba.
“He poured the fuel on them and set them abalze. The fire
caught him in the hand but he escaped. By the time people assisted Iya
Corner and Currency to put out the fire, they had suffered serious
burns. Currency’s private parts were affected. They died on Monday.”
Another eyewitness, Jacob Oyedeji said: “I rushed out to know
what happened only to see Currency and Iya Corner engulfed in flames.
Policemen from the Meiran division came that evening. It was the
following day that they were declared dead.”
Also, another resident, Yusuf Ajibola, said Ogundare and Iya Corner
had been in a romantic relationship for years until sometime in 2016
when he had financial challenges and could no longer meet his lover’s
needs.
“That was when Iya Corner started dating Currency. The engineer
knew Currency and Iya Corner were in a relationship. He warned the
woman to back out or be ready to forfeit the shop he opened for her, but
she refused.
“During the Yuletide, Engineer went to the shop and disrupted
it. Currency and the woman got him arrested and he was detained by the
police. He felt humiliated because he had spent a lot of money on the
woman,” he added.
Another eyewitness said Currency was supposed to be installed as a
chief in a village where he hailed from in Oyo State in a few weeks’
time.
He said, “The two men are married with children. The engineer
built a house in the Obadeyi area and three of his children are
graduates. I was surprised that he conducted himself in such a manner.
The woman’s first child has three children and one of them, Wunmi,
recently graduated. She narrowly escaped being consumed by the fire that
evening.
“I learnt yesterday (Tuesday) that the engineer took poison and
he died. However, a friend just told me today that he was still alive
but in a critical condition at a hospital.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the story.
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