The Police in Ondo State have paraded a sixty- four year old man, Ojo Joseph for setting ablaze five of his step- children.
While parading the Suspects and Four others,The public relations officer of the Ondo State police command, Funmilayo Odunlami, Said
one of the children died instantly in the inferno while four were rescued and taken to the Ondo general hospital.
Odunlami confirmed that another child died on Saturday morning while on the way to the Federal Medical Facility in Owo while the third one died on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, the suspect while speaking to journalist said he set the children ablaze because of a quarrel between him and their mother.
The command also paraded one of the suspects for Robbery and another three for alleged involvement in Cultism.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma