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I regretted my action, says grandmother who set son, family ablaze

* 2 grandchildren survive, responding to treatment — Police Fresh facts have emerged on why the grandmother, identified as lforiti Oloro, set ablaze her son’s entire family members, over allegation of starvation, in Apomu community, Akure, Ondo State capital. Police source told Vanguard that the suspect, who regretted her action, claimed that she actually wanted to kill her daughter in-law, Rachael, not her son, Victor, and grandchildren, Toluwani and Blessing. She reportedly claimed that she had an axe to grind with the daughter in-law, who was actually the one who starved her of food in the house. According to police source, the suspect, during interrogation, regretted killing her son alongside the wife, saying she over reacted to the ill treatment she received from her daughter in-law. The police source said: “She expressed regret that her son also died in the inferno and that if she knew this would happen, she would have found a way to ensure that her son did not sleep in the same ...