Some married folks don’t respect themselves anymore, and even the issue of a divorced lady dating more than one man, including married men is another mess. Sigh!
Life on Ebijimi Street in the Meiran area of Lagos
has yet to be fully restored after a jilted man, an
engineer, allegedly killed his lover, his rival and
poisoned himself. What happened?
The woman, Oriyomi Fola, a divorcee known as
Iya Corner, operated a beer parlor on the street
and had three children.
It was learnt by Punch that the engineer,
identified as Ogundare, opened the shop for the
woman and rented an apartment for her in the
Agbado area.
Around 9am on Sunday, Ogundare, who was said
to be a building engineer, reportedly stormed the
shop with a gallon of petrol, poured it on Ms Fola
and his rival, Akinade Omole, aka Currency, and
set them ablaze.
The fire was also said to have spread to
Ogundare’s hand while fleeing the scene. It was
learnt that Omole and Fola died in a hospital in
the community on Monday from the burns.
On hearing of the death of the duo, Ogundare,
who had gone into hiding, poisoned himself.
A resident, who gave his name as Femi, told
Punch that Ogundare had seen the Highlander
Jeep that Omole parked at a filling station
metres away from the beer parlour and had
trailed him.
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.”
An eyewitness, Jacob Oyedeji, said he was
about going to bed on the day when he heard
some people calling for help.
He 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.”
Another resident, Yusuf Ajibola, said “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.
A shop owner, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the incident is a disgrace to the
families of the three parties involved, adding that
Currency was supposed to be installed as a chief
in his village 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, who confirmed
the incident, said the police had launched a
manhunt for Ogundare.
