A woman in a jealous rage after losing her husband to another woman has landed herself into serious trouble in Ghana, West Africa, after she was arrested for allegedly setting her husband, his new lover and their daughter ablaze which lead to their death.
According to reports, the victims; Peter Amos Asobayire, 35; his wife, Felicity Asobayire, 25, and their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sarah Asobayire, were burnt beyond recognition.
It was gathered that the suspect, Efua Badu, 33, popularly known as Saman Kwenim was reported to have set fire to a can of kerosene and threw it through the window of the uncompleted building which the family lived in at Dome CFC at about 2 a.m. Monday.
According to Graphic Online report, two other occupants of the building, Tanko Asobayire, 28, and Michael Amanguri, 25, escaped unhurt as they were said to be sleeping in another room in the building.
Badu, a chop bar operator, was said to have been married to Asobayire for seven years, during which period they had two children, a six-year-old boy and a two- year-old girl. Asobayire is alleged to have recently informed the suspect that he was no longer interested in their marriage.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, told newsmen in Accra yesterday that Asobayire allegedly sacked Badu from their abode and brought in his new wife, Felicity. He said the suspect became offended on hearing that her husband had brought in a new woman. According to the police commander, the suspect claimed she decided to burn down everything in the house to teach the man a lesson. The suspect, he said, also claimed that she set a can of kerosene ablaze and threw it into the room, thinking that there was no one in the room. Mr Yohuno said the suspect claimed she took to her heels on hearing of screams from the room.
According to Mr Yohuno, preliminary investigations by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) led the police to arrest the suspect after it had emerged that someone might have set the family ablaze. There were fresh burnt marks on her hand and cheeks when she was arrested, but the commander indicated that the suspect earlier denied the charge, but after thorough interrogation she allegedly confessed to committing the crime.
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When the Daily Graphic visited the scene around 2 p.m. yesterday, residents of the area had gathered around the entrance of the house discussing the issue.
It was observed that property running into thousands of cedis had been destroyed by the fire, while some materials believed to be the body parts of the victims were seen.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, the fire began at approximately 2 a.m. Monday.
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