By Gbenga Ariyibi,

Ado-Ekiti

Police have arrested a jealous wife, Mrs. Bukola Olusegun, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital who allegedly set her husband, Abimbola, ablaze for not taken her out on Valentine’s Day

The couple were said to have had disagreement after Bukola allegedly insisted her husband must  take her out on February 14, the Valentine’s Day, a request he reportedly turned down.

Unknown to the husband, however, Bukola had kept petrol which she intended to use  to do the harm.

A neigbhour, who spoke anonymously, told Sunday Vanguard: “It was around mid night that the husband suddenly ran out from their apartment, raising the alarm that his wife had set him ablaze.

“He was burning and was battling with the fire his wife had set on him. We had to rush out to rescue him by quickly getting  water and pouring it on him.

“But for the prompt intervention of some of us, he would have been burnt to ashes. He was thereafter rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) where he is being treated.

“We also reported the incident at the Ado Central Divisional Police Station from where policemen promptly came to arrest the wife”.

When our correspondent visited the hospital, yesterday, he saw  Olusegun lying critically ill while doctors were battling to save his life.

One of the hospital staff attending to him, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent  that the target of Abimbola’s assailant might have been his private part as it was badly burnt.

But Mr Albert Adeyemi, the Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who confirmed the incident, said Abimbola’s wife confessed to setting her husband ablaze.