The Niger State Police command has arrested one Baba Mohammed from Edo Baba village in the Lavum Local Government Area of the state for allegedly setting his neighbour ablaze.
The 45-year-old man reportedly killed Usman Tetengi for wooing his fiancée.
It was learnt that the suspect had asked the victim to stop courting the woman he proposed to marry, but Tetengi reportedly failed to heed the warning.
The Punch reports that on Thursday, Mohammed allegedly drenched his victim with three litres of petrol before setting him ablaze.
He said that he killed Tetengi because he threatened to attack him, adding that he felt no remorse for his action.
Mohammed said,
“I am not regretting my action because if I did not kill him at that particular time, he would have killed me; so let him go, in his next world, he will not join issues with me again.
“I don’t care where this case will get to, the most important thing is that I have closed his chapter and stopped him from troubling my life.
“There are other women in our community but he chose to make advances to the woman I proposed to marry. He has paid dearly for it, it served him right.”
The Command Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect sent one Abdul to buy three litres of fuel which he used in setting the victim ablaze.
Abubakar said the victim was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Bida and was later referred to Gwagwalada Hospital, Abuja where he received treatment until his death.
He said that the matter would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.
