Suspected arsonists on Thursday set ablaze a 75-year-old woman, Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa Sani, and her five-year-old granddaughter at Okete-Ekwe Idah in Kogi State.
According to a report gathered from the locals, the suspected arsonists raided her house, poured petrol through the window of her room and set it on fire.
It was gathered that the resultant inferno led to the death of the 75-year-old and her granddaughter, identified as Onechejo.
One of her daughters, Hajarat Usman Sani, who was also in the room at the time of the incident, was said to be in critical condition.
The late woman was said to have been conferred with the title of Iye Agwuma Ata Igala in 2023.
“A group of people came to the house with petrol while our grandmother was sleeping alongside her daughter and granddaughter. They poured the petrol on the house and ignited a fire,” a family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
However, when contacted, SP William Aya, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya, said the command had yet to receive any information about the incident.