A young boy was yesterday burnt to death in Enugu for allegedly leaving a
barber shop where a phone had gone missing. A certain Wisdom Kelechi
had poured petrol on his friend, Junior Onah and set fire on him.
Onah’s sin according to Guardian was that he left a shop where a mobile phone had been placed in his care to charge.
On
returning to the shop, Kelechi could not find the phone. Livid at the
loss of the phone, he went out and returned with a gallon of fuel, which
he poured on his friend and set him on fire.
The police in Enugu, according to Guardian has since arrested
Kelechi. Ebere Amaraizu, police PPRO in the state speaking on the
incident said:
“The suspect has been promptly arrested by police operatives and he is
helping in the investigation just as the victim was rescued with severe
burns and taken to the hospital, where he is receiving treatment,”
Amaraizu explained.