A man has been arrested in Abuja for setting a nine-room apartment on fire after his brother committed suicide.The brother committed suicide after allegedly losing N7,000 he staked on sport betting.
Babatunde Bello, a 31-year old generator repairer, committed the arson at about 8.40 a.m on Saturday at the Bakery area of Kurudu, a satellite village in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Simeone Chijoke, one of the tenants in the apartment, eight families apart from Mr. Bello lost all theirproperties as the fire spread swiftly and completely razed down the building.
The tragedy began on Wednesday evening when Babatunde’s brother, Ismaila, took seriously ill and started vomiting. He later confessed to have ingested rat poison because he was tired of life.
Ayobami Oni, a tenant in the neighbourhood who was an acquaintance of the Bello brothers, said co-tenants quickly gave Ismaila palm oil to drink as a heavy downpour at the time made it impossible to take him to an hospital for emergency medical care.
He said they, however, took him to
