A 43-year-old jealous lover is currently facing a 2 count charge before a Magistrate court sitting in Ejigbo.
Adesanmoye Kehinde, a senior official of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Ikotun Lagos branch allegedly set ablaze Janet, 31, who recentily ended an affair with him.
According to Janet who was in court to testify in court today, Kehinde who is married with three children, threatened to deal with her but she didn’t take his threats seriously.
He however carried out his threat by setting her ablaze at Ikotun Roundabout while she was on her way to a friend’s house. She said unknown to her, Kehinde had trailed her as she left her house on Olaoluwa Street in Abaranje, Ikotun, poured petrol on her and then set her ablaze. She suffered major burns and injuries and is still in a critical condition.
When the charge was read to him today in court, he pleaded not guilty. He was however granted bail by the court but could not meet up with the bail conditions. The case was adjourned to May 15 2015.