Man sets self ablaze, tries to kill judge in Delta

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Written by Sylvester Idowu, Warri Thursday, 12 January 2012
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Mistrust between the northerners resident in Delta State and indigenes became worse on Wednesday, following an attempt by an Hausa man to set ablaze an Effurun High Court judge.

The suspect, identified as Mallam Abdulsalam Al-Kazeem, was said to have set himself ablaze at about 2.30 p.m. and attempted to wrap his burning body around the judge.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that Al-Kazeem was a guard in the residence of the judge, Justice Patience Keujubola, until the attempt to set his boss ablaze along with himself.

Security sources disclosed that the suspect had bought a keg of fuel and hid it in the premises of his boss’s house and when the judge came out, he was said to have soaked himself with the fuel and lit a match.

“We have a report that an Hausa man poured petrol on himself and set himself ablaze and he attempted to wrap his burning body around the judge, but she was rescued. The suspect sustained severe burns all over his body in the process,” he added.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that Al-Kazeem’s grouse was that the judge was paying him peanuts and decided to commit suicide and killed his boss along.

Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Charles Muka, confirmed the incident.