According to report by PM News,
a 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, a muslim, on Friday, burnt himself to death in
Jalingo, capital of the northern Nigerian state of Taraba, after a disagreement
with his father, Tanko Mijinyawa, over marriage.
Tanko, according to an
eyewitness, Alhaji Jibrin Bala, set himself ablaze because his family refused
to approve his wedding with a girl, Blessing, a Christian.
The eyewitness told sympathisers
that Tanko introduced Blessing to his father as his proposed wife, but the
father kicked against the union, describing it as a bad choice.
Bala said efforts by the father
to convince his son to look for another girl failed, as he insisted that he
could not survive without Blessing.
The eyewitness added that Tanko
suddenly left his father and went to a corner in the compound, where he poured
petrol on his body and set himself ablaze.
“When we suddenly saw fire,
everybody ran toward the corner of the compound, only to see Tanko burning.
“The father and other people in
the compound tried to rescue Tanko from the fire, but failed as the flame was
much and we could not move near,” he said
Tanko’s father is currently
receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, for injuries
sustained while trying to rescue the son from the fire.
The Taraba Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Kwaji, confirmed the incident and said the Jalingo
Division of the police has commenced investigation into the matter.
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