Man set lover ablaze for rejecting marriage proposal

One Abdullahi Idris has been arraigned in a Kano State Sharia Court for allegedly setting his girlfriend, Sa’adatu Ibrahim, ablaze after she turned down his marriage proposal.

Idris, a resident of Rimi town in Sumaila Local Governmrnt Area, was said to have dated Sa’adatu, a divorced woman, for seven days before the proposal which she turned down.

He was charged with malice, arson and attempted murder, all of which he pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Barrister Maryam Jubril, asked for another date for his re-arraignment.

The Khadiyya, Rakiya Lami Sani, ordered his remand in prison and adjourned till September 16.