– A DSS official was doused in fuel and set on fire in Delta state
– The state has recorded cumulative violence against security operatives due to tension between the people and law officials
– The suspect was finally apprehended and is answering questions at the police station
Reports have emerged on how an official of the Department of State Services, DSS was set ablaze at Oghara in Delta state.
Vanguard reports that the victim, Andrew Maduku who is an indigene Oghara died after he was doused in petrol after he rebuked the suspect.
Felix Maduku who is the brother of the deceased narrated how the father of four died.
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“My brother’s assailant doused him in fuel and set him on fire for scolding the suspect, who had pointed rays from a torch light on his (Andrew) face as he walked home.
“Refusing to put off the torch, my brother walked up to the suspect, and slapped him leading to a fight involving my brother and his assailant, who was accompanied by his friends.”
“Like every law abiding citizen, my brother reported the matter at the Oghara police station and was accompanied by some policemen to the residence of the suspect.”
“On sighting the team of policemen, the suspect fled leading to the seizure of his laptop by the police.
“On April 24, the suspect, who had been stalking my late brother, poured fuel on him, and immediately set him ablaze leading to his death the next day as result of 86 degree burns sustained from the incident.”
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A police source at the Oghara police station disclosed that the suspect went into the hiding after he committed the heinous crime.
He said the police eventually apprehended him and he is undergoing interrogation at the state criminal investigation department in Asaba.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian army issued serious warming to persons taking laws into their hands to desist or face the wrath of the army.
This warning hints that the message is directed at a militancy group, Niger Delta Avengers that has claimed responsibility for series of bombing of pipelines in the region.
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