Femi Joseph, spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, confirmed Adenuga's arrest to SaharaReporters, saying: "Yes, the suspect has been arrested and he is currently in our custody but we shall parade him tomorrow at the headquarters.
Deji Adenuga, the man suspected to have set his ex-girlfriend's family of nine ablaze In the Okitipupa Local Council Area of Ondo State, has been arrested.
Adenuga was nabbed in Ogun State following "round-the-clock investigations" by the Police.
The suspected arsonist, who is also an ex-convit, set the familiy of his former girlfriend, Titi Sunmonu, ablaze in the Igbodigo area of Ayeka in Okitipupa.
SaharaReporters had reported how the middle-aged man, who had some disagreement with her then girlfriend, brought a jerrycan laden with petroleum in the midnight, gained entrance into the building by breaking a window, and sprayed the family while they were asleep.[story_link align="left"]69129[/story_link]
A source and Police Inspector confirmed the arrest to SaharaReporters, saying fleeing Adenuga was nabbed in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
Femi Joseph, spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, confirmed Adenuga's arrest to SaharaReporters, saying: "Yes, the suspect has been arrested and he is currently in our custody but we shall parade him tomorrow at the headquarters.
"He was arrested in Ijebu-Ode, under the bridge that leads to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway."