A family of seven have
been reportedly burnt to death after fire engulfed their home
in Ayankor, Gboko, Benue state.
An eyewitness
stated that the inferno gutted the block of three flats, killing an entire
family which comprise Mr. And Mrs. Lawani Oye and their five children.
Mr
Lawani Oye was a popular automobile panel beater in Gboko while his wife was a
business woman in the neighbourhood.
The eyewitness reports:
“The fire started at about 1am in Mr. Oye’s
flat when everyone in the neighbourhood, including the victims of the inferno
were asleep.
“It was his wife and
mother of the dead children who we popularly call Mama Tunde, who raised the
alarm that prompted other neighbours to rush out of their flats and after
failing to fight the strange fire however managed to escape.”
“Our
pain about this tragic and unfortunate incident is that the same woman who died
with her family in the fire was the one who raised the alarm that saved others.
They were burnt beyond recognition.”
“The
whole thing is still a mystery to neighbors and no one can, at this moment,
ascertain the cause of the inferno but the only clue we have is that their
generator was on that night and by the time we went round after the fire, we
saw that a lantern was positioned very close to the generating set.
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