An 18-year-old man has turned himself in at the police station after reportedly killing his landlady, her daughter and grandchildren in an inferno.
Reports revealed that the suspect simply identified as Sunday who lives with his parents in the landlady’s residence at Tudun-Fulani, in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, had reported himself to the police after committing the dastardly act.
It was gathered that the suspect had locked the deceased in their apartment after they had slept on that fateful night, before spraying the house with petrol and setting it ablaze.
He had reportedly watched as the fire raged on, making sure that the victims were trapped, before heading to the Bwari Police Division.
The inferno had according to reports, lasted for hours before other residents had been able to put it out.
The charred remains of the five victims which were found in the apartment was eventually removed from the razed apartment and deposited in a morgue by the police.