LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Nigerian woman has taken to social media to recount how her ex-fiancé set her house and shop ablaze for calling off their engagement.
The woman, with the handle @Chi Chi, made the revelation on the X platform, alongside a picture, stating that she met the said ex-fiancé, Jeff in 2015, at a time when she had a car and was building her own house.
The post read, “This picture was in 2018, I was running my own bar/restaurant, had my own car, and started building my own house (was roofing it at the time I took this picture).
“Then I met Jeff; he was my engineer. A cute one. Whenever I went to my site, he’d always look for a way to deviate from the real issues to start telling me how humble I was and how beautiful I looked. He’d always say we were going to make a beautiful couple.
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“Initially, I would always try to shove it off, but somehow I eventually gave in. I was very much single at the time, though. So, I thought I should give him a chance.
ChiChi further disclosed that after they got together, they started having issues based on some major decisions they had to take regarding whose place to live in.
She said, “Everything was going on well; the house was completed, I moved in, fast forward to 2019 December, he proposed, and I accepted.
“We had issues with whose house we’d live in after marriage, mine or his. He was living in a bedroom apartment as a tenant at the time, but I had my own house, “a 4-bed bungalow” where we wouldn’t bother about paying rent. “But he said he will never move in with me, and of course, I would never leave my house to go start paying rent, for Christ’s sake.
“I called off the engagement since we weren’t agreeing with each other…he didn’t see it coming through.
“One week after I called off the engagement, he called me on phone and said I quote “I will deal with you for disgracing me like this. I was like how on earth is calling off an engagement a disgrace??? How?
“He said he had said what he said. I didn’t take his threat seriously, though…I went about my business.
She continued, “On the 15th of June 2020, (a day I’d never forget), I had travelled out of town to celebrate my birthday that was coming up on the 18th of June.
“Very early morning of 15 June 2020, I got a call from a man who lived opposite my house that my house was burning; I screamed how?
“I cried and begged him to help me do something, call the fire service or something. The fire service guys arrived after my house had completely burnt down.
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“At about 4 pm the same day, I picked a call from an unknown number; it was Jeff, my ex’s voice. He said, “I told you I’d deal with you,” and he hung up.
“I was shocked, confused and speechless at the same time. The following day, I hurriedly made my way back to my base. I went to the Police and wrote a petition against my ex.
“I told them it was him who burnt my house. he was brought in for questioning, but I had nothing to prove he was the anonymous caller. But I was sure it was him, but I couldn’t prove it. He was set free cos I had no case against him.
“A week later, my bar/restaurant also got burnt down; lol it happened like magic. Nobody knew where the fire came from. Everything happened very fast. I went into depression. I almost committed suicide.
“Until this day, I still believe strongly it was done by my ex. But of course, I have no proof.
“I couldn’t deal with the whole thing; I sold my car, and moved to Lagos so I could stay very far away from that devil.
“Ever since then, whenever someone tells me “I’ll deal with you,” I never take it lightly.