Drug addict set mother ablaze in Niger

A drug addict, Steven Jiya, has set his mother Comfort ablaze in Minna, the Niger State capital, after several failed attempts to kill her.

Comfort was a former Principal at the Maryam Babangida Science College Minna.

She owns a private school, where Steven is the manager.

It was learnt that Steve poured petrol on his mother while she was in the kitchen cooking in her residence behind the Total Filling Station in Durulsalam area of Kpakungu in Minna.