Police in Lagos have arrested one Jemila Ibrahim, 19, and her friend, Fatima Mohammed, for setting Ibrahim’s ex-lover’s house ablaze at the Monkey Village, FESTAC area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that policemen from the Satellite Division arrested the duo.
The statement read in part, “The duo of Jemila Ibrahim and her friend, Fatima Mohammed, of Monkey Village, who accompanied Jemila to commit the heinous crime, have been arrested by the police operatives attached to the Satellite Division of the command.
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“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, who condemned the crime, has ordered that the matter be transferred to the SCIID, Panti, for discreet investigation. The CP also vowed to go after those, who engage in crimes and social vices, and to rid the state of criminals and criminality.”
The statement quoted the Commisioner as urging the residents of the state to avoid taking the law into their own hands.
It was gathered that Jemila and her friend stormed the residence of her ex-lover, Mohammed Yusuf, around 5.30p.m on November 18 and set it ablaze, while his girlfriend, Rabi was inside.
Reports said that Yusuf, got to know about the incident and rushed home to rescue Rabi.
He reportedly rushed her to hospital, where she died on Saturday around noon.
