How my husband poured fuel, set me ablaze in Benin – Woman narrates

A woman, Mrs. Margaret Onya, whose husband set her ablaze in Edo state at the weekend, says her husband ‘promised to teach her a lesson.’

The woman spoke to reporters on Wednesday from her hospital bed at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH.

According to her, “We had a quarrel and my husband told me he would teach me a lesson. After our disagreement, I sat on the chair and my husband went inside, brought petrol and wanted to pour it on me.

“I held the jar and as we were dragging, I was shouting for help. He overpowered me and poured the contents on me and lit a match.

“I was saved by one of my neighbours who rushed into our apartment and put out the fire and then to the hospital,” the victim added.

Recall that reports had it at the weekend that a man poured petrol on his wife and set her ablaze in Benin and fled the scene, leaving her to her fate.

The incident happened at 35, JB Street, Ekosodin quarters, off Ugbowo-Lagos Road around the University of Benin.