A grandmother, identified as a florist, has allegedly set her son, wife, and two grandchildren ablaze in the Apomu community, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Sources said the grandmother, who resides with her son in the same house, had complained that they starved her of food.
VOP News gathered that she reportedly set the house ablaze while the family members were asleep, killing three of them, including her son, Victor; wife, Racheal, and one of the grandchildren, while the other child is in critical condition at the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Owo.
Narrating the sad incident to newsmen in Akure, an eyewitness, Korede Michael, said, he saw the house on fire around 2:00 am on the weekend and had to break the window to rescue everyone in the house.
He narrated how the 75-year-old grandmother got some dry palm fronds and the little petrol her son kept in a gallon (for the generator), spread it around the house, and then set it ablaze.
He explained further that he was the first person to notice the fire and jumped into the house before other members of the community joined him in the rescue efforts while they got a vehicle immediately to transport them to the government hospital in Akure.
Police sources say the suspect confessed that she burnt her son and his family because they were starving her of food.
The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, while confirming the incident said the case is now with the State Criminal Investigation Division, SCID.
