The incident happened at Lekki Phase 1, Eyenkorin Area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
The incident which happened around on Sunday was confirmed by the HOD, Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle.
He said a resident simply identified as Mr. Kola summoned the fire service over the incident.
Adekunle in a telephone chat with our correspondent said the fire service was able to eliminate the fire and prevented it from escalating to other buildings in the neighbourhood.
“What we learnt was that the man who can’t remember his name now, he and his wife had misunderstanding about two years ago before he relocated to his other building, leaving the wife and children behind.
“All attempts to settle the matter did not yield results and the move to also convince him to allow the wife and children live there since he had another house also failed.
“According to the report, the man suddenly appeared on Sunday and sprayed the three bedrooms flat with petrol before setting it ablaze with the children inside. He said that his wife was frustrating him.”
He said it took the intervention of the resident who reported the incident and others for the occupants to be rescued.
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