Ondo State Police command has captured 45-year-old Deji Adenuga said to have burnt his significant other and eight other relatives to death in Okitipupa
The suspect was strutted to journalists by Commissioner of Police, Mr Undie Adie at the command’s office in Akure on Tuesday.
Adenuga admitted to the wrongdoing, saying he burnt the house where the guardians of his significant other lived and executed eight people.
The suspect was one of the ex – convicts that got away from Olokuta Prison after an escape in 2013.
As indicated by him, he had in 2003 executed his first spouse after she supposedly left with N450, 000 having a place with him.
On why he took the choice to consume the group of his significant other to death, he said his better half prematurely ended his four-month pregnancy and removed a portion of his own possessions to her parent’s home.
The captured illegal conflagrationist hails from Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.
He said he was prepared to confront the outcomes of his activity.
His words: “I have no lament slaughtering them since when they did their very own no one rebuffed them.
“I took the choice to set their home on fire when it turned out to be evident that my better half had moved to her parent’s home with a portion of my things.
“We had little squabbles at home and she moved out of the house.
“I was the one paying their home lease and I was additionally in charge of their day-to – day living. I am a palm wine tapper and I in every case satisfy desire both at home and at my in-law’s home.
“My significant other’s parent dependably requested cash from me and nourishment stuffs and I generally oblige”.
Adenuga said he sat tight for a considerable length of time feeling that the family will repeal their choice yet without much of any result.
As per him: “I likewise detailed the issue to the Police however they didn’t make any move. I along these lines chose to set their home on fire for my things in their authority to be annihilated however they were likewise singed.
Adie, who guaranteed that the suspect would be charged to court, said he was captured in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State where he moved to in the wake of perpetrating the appalling wrongdoing.
The police boss said his order would likewise explore the instance of homicide that prior prompted his detainment and the enchantment he used to escape from the jail authority.
