Tragedy occurred at Onugba Nike area of Enugu State when 20-year-old Cynthia Onah allegedly set ablaze another woman, 22-year old Chinwe Igwe for snatching her boyfriend, one Chika Kelechi.
According to police report, Cynthia had gone to her former boyfriend’s house at 11:30pm with a gallon of fuel and emptied its content on Chinwe who was already asleep and set her on fire. The incident happened at Onugba Nike East Local Government area of Enugu State.
The Commissioner of Police Enugu State, Mr. Mohammed Adamu described the incident as very unfortunate. “It is terrible that a girl because of jealousy would set another girl on fire simply because they are befriending the same boy.”
He explained that the incident took place on August 24, 2013 after Chika and Chinwe who had dated each other for almost five years, had a misunderstanding and stopped dating each other.
Chika later met Cynthia, a prostitute and they started dating. And after a month there was a disagreement between them. Later, Chika reconciled with his former girlfriend, Chinwe and they started their love life all over again.
CP Adamu explained that the suspect, Cynthia Onah threatened that she would never leave Chika for any other lady. She was said to have threatened further that Chinwe must steer clear of Chika.
On that fateful day, she had in connivance with another suspect, one Obiora Chukwuegbo stormed Chika’s home and set Chinwe on fire.
The CP explained that there was smoke everywhere and it was through the assistance of neighbours that Chinwe was rescued through the window as the fire consumed the room.
She was said to have been taken to a private hospital before she was transferred to Annunciation Specialist Hospital Emene, Enugu State where she is still receiving treatment.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, State CID Enugu, Mr. Philip Ogbadu told Sunday Sun that it was a terrible incident. “We have been able to arrest the three suspects, Chika Kelechi, Cynthia Onah and Obiora Chukwuegbo and that the case is still under investigation.
The boyfriend, Chika told Sunday Sun “I am a driver and I’ve been dating Chinwe for the past five years. We had little quarrel and we stopped dating. I meet Cynthia who is a prostitute and dated her for just one month. We separated one month after because at times she would be chasing me with a knife. I couldn’t bear it and so I went back to settle with my former girlfriend.
Cynthia didn’t give up as she threatened that she was going to deal with us. She even threatened to pour acid on me.
Being a driver, I travelled the day Cynthia burnt my girlfriend. It was one of my neighbours that called me to say that my house was on fire and that somebody poured fuel under the door and it exploded and burnt my girlfriend who was sleeping in the room; that they have rescued her through the window.
“When I got home, I saw that all my property had been burnt to ashes. My girlfriend was hospitalized because she sustained injuries from the fire. But I am determined and I have promised God that with the condition of my girlfriend that I am still going to marry her.”
The suspect, Cynthia said “I started dating Chika when he had misunderstanding with his former girlfriend, Chinwe.
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