Love turned sour: Girl sets soldier ablaze in Abia





  A soldier attached to the Ndiolumbe, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State Forward Operation Base (FOB) of the 245 Battalion was at the weekend burnt to death by his girl friend. Daily Sun gathered that the deceased soldier, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained and who was recently posted to the area had fallen in love with a girl whose name the army had refused to disclose.
In the course of their relationship, the soldier lover was reported to have promised his girlfriend he would marry her and things moved on well for the two love birds. However, trouble started when after a while, the soldier allegedly got his lover impregnated and instead of standing on his earlier promise to marry her, he reneged.
The refusal to keep to the promise by the soldier was said to have infuriated the girl, who swore to deal with him. After a while, the soldier was said to have gone back to his girlfriend and pleaded that they should put the past behind for the relationship to continue but without making any commitment to the earlier promise of marriage, which was paramount to the girl.
The girl reportedly agreed to the soldier’s peace mission to use the opportunity to deal with the lover boy. Daily Sun learnt that after it appeared that frayed nerves had calmed and peace made, the girl invited her lover over. An elated soldier jumped to the offer and a day was fixed but he never knew he had signed his death warrant.




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