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Islamic man allegedly burns down his wife’s house after she refuseed to join late night prayers

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Islamic man allegedly burns down his wife’s house after she refuseed to join late night prayers

Ahmed Ojo, an Islamic preacher, is said to have set fire to his wife’s home in the Egbe Odo area of Isua Ijesa in Ekiti State because she didn’t join him for a late-night prayer.

The victim’s wife, Bosede Afolabi, said the event happened on April 27 when her husband came home and asked them to pray at 11 p.m. that same day, but she said no because she was tired.

 

 Islamic cleric allegedly sets his wife’s house ablaze over refusal to join late night prayers

She told The Punch that her husband got angry when she didn’t join in the prayer, and he started making trouble, so she had to ask neighbors to help her calm him down.

The woman said she tried everything to get her husband to understand that she was tired after a long, stressful day at work, but he wouldn’t listen. When she saw that he was getting angry, she left the house to sleep at a neighbor’s house.

 Islamic cleric allegedly sets his wife’s house ablaze over refusal to join late night prayers

She narrated; “At about midnight, a girl from our neighbourhood came to knock on the house to inform us that my house was on fire and that it seemed my husband had set the house on fire.

“I and some neighbours rushed to the scene only to see that the whole building had been engulfed in fire. Before we could get help in putting the fire out, the building had been razed. He was later caught and handed over to the police.”

According to her, she remarried Ojo after her first husband passed away, and she has been accommodating him since they got married.

When asked if there had been recurring misunderstandings between them, Afolabi said they had no misunderstanding before the incident. She, however, blamed her husband’s action on the influence of alcohol.

“What I observed that night was that he was drunk, which was why I tried to avoid the escalation of the disagreement that ensued on that fateful day. He often comes home drunk sometimes, but we have not had any serious misunderstanding in the past,” Afolabi noted.

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