Building set ablaze, as brothers row over inheritance

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From Tope Musowo, Ado-Ekiti

Two persons have been arrested and detained by the Police for allegedly setting a building ablaze in Ondo town, Ondo state, over disagreement on the ownership of some shops within the building.

It was gathered that two brothers had disagreed over the ownership of the shops in the building they inherited from their late father.

One of them, identified as Rotimi, reportedly mobilized some miscreants who torched the building after a shouting match with his brother.

The building, located at Odosida area of Ondo town, housed a set of shops and a private secondary school.

The miscreants are being detained at Enuowa Police Station, while investigation into the matter is on-going.

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Contacted, the state Police Command spokesman Wole Ogodo, said his office had not been briefed by the Divisional Police Office (DPO), of Ondo town on the incident.

 

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