19-year-old lady arrested for setting her ex-boyfriend’s home ablaze, ending life of his new girlfriend

A 19-year-old lady has been apprehended by the police for setting the house of her ex-boyfriend on fire which caused his new girlfriend to die.

The sad incident took place in Lagos, Nigeria.

The lady identified as Jemila Ibrahim, and her friend, Fatima Mohammed, 21, of Monkey Village, Festac Area, Lagos, carried out their barbaric act at the house of one Mohammed Yusuf, of Monkey Village, Lagos State, and his girlfriend, Rabi, on Wednesday, November 18.

A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, says Mohammed, an ex-lover to Jemila, had the hint of the incident and rushed to the house where he met his house on fire but managed to rescue Rabi, his new lover, from the inferno and took her to the hospital where she gave up the ghost on Saturday, November 21.

”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 statement read

Adejobi said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the matter be transferred to the State CID, Panti, for discreet investigation.