Tribune Dad, mum, 5 children burn to death 20.Dec.2014 Johnson Babajide- Makurdi A family of seven died in a late night fire incident that occurred at Anyamkor near Young Secondary School in Gboo area of Benue State on Thursday. An eyewitness told Saturday Tribune that the fire, which ravaged a building of four flats of two bedrooms each, started at Mr Lawani Oye’s flat around 11.40pm and burnt the husband, wife and five children. It was gathered that as soon as the fire started from Mr Oye’s flat, his wife, popularly called Mama Tunde, was said to have raised the alarm which prompted other neighbours to rush out of their flats. According to the neighbour who did not want her name in print, “We were woken up by the shout from the neighbour’s flat as Mama Tunde shouted fire! fire!! fire!!!, it was her alarm that woke us and we rushed out of our flats” The eyewitness who lamented the tragic incident said that the same woman who raised the alarm and her family could not be saved as they were burnt to death. The eyewitness, who could not ascertain the cause of the inferno, said that the only clue they have was that the generator was on in the flat where the fire started. It was gathered that the bodies of the deceased were left at the premises of the general hospital in Gboko at the time of filing this report because the workers were said to be on strike. When contacted, the acting Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) ASP Matthew Oku, said that the command was yet to be told about the incident.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:47:02 +0000
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