Midnight fire kills siblings in Abeokuta

Date: 13-04-2012 4:53 am (12 years ago) | Author: Paddy Hayes
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April 13, 2012 by Segun Olatunji
 
A midnight fire at Ago Ika area of Abeokuta razed a six-room bungalow, killing two children of the same parents.
 
They were 12-year-old Lateef Akinwunmi and his five-year-old sister, Jumoke Akinwunmi.
 
Our correspondent learnt that the two siblings were burnt to death when a candle, allegedly lit by their mother, sparked off fire as the children were fast asleep in their room.
 
Sources told our correspondent that the children died because help could not reach them as firefighters found it difficult to get to the slum their home is located.
 
An occupant of the house said, “We suddenly saw smoke oozing out from the house but before we could rescue the children, the fire got worse, razed the house and burnt them to death. Their mother was even helpless.”
 
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
 


He said, “We are aware of the incident. By the time the fire service officials arrived, the two children had been suffocated. The parents insisted that the police should release the corpses of the children to them. We did that and they have already buried them.”
 
Meanwhile, barely 48 hours to the installation of the new Olu of Ilaro, three people were seriously injured when the wall of the popular Igbo Aje Market in the Yewa South Local Government town collapsed on Thursday.
 
The injured persons identified as Ismaila Salau, Sulaiman Onipede and Saliu Oseni were rushed to the State Hospital in Ilaro for treatment.
 
The three traders rescued from the rubble of the collapsed market wall at around 12.30pm belong to the butchers’ association in the market.
 
They were said to have been busy attending to their customers in the market when the wall collapsed on them.
 
Several other persons also sustained varying degrees of injuries but the incident sparked off protest from some market men and women who demonstrated at the secretariat complex of Yewa South Local Government.
 

via Punch

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:53 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- GreenBee at 13-04-2012 11:18 AM (12 years ago)
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Eiyahh so sad a story 
 Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry
Posted: at 13-04-2012 11:18 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Bettygirls at 13-04-2012 11:21 AM (12 years ago)
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weh weh weh , poor children, its really a sad story
Posted: at 13-04-2012 11:21 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dizhadah at 13-04-2012 11:41 AM (12 years ago)
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ohhh.............so sad Cry Cry Cry
Posted: at 13-04-2012 11:41 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- gastro at 13-04-2012 11:44 AM (12 years ago)
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SO SAD, RIP TO THE LITTLE ANGELS
Posted: at 13-04-2012 11:44 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- BabyLewins at 13-04-2012 11:52 AM (12 years ago)
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SO SAD AM JUST SICK OF SAD STORY EVERY DAY...........MAY THEIR SOUL REST IN PEACE
Posted: at 13-04-2012 11:52 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie
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- Idbabe at 13-04-2012 12:13 PM (12 years ago)
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Too much sad story hia.  RIP young ones
Posted: at 13-04-2012 12:13 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- sexyBishop at 13-04-2012 02:28 PM (12 years ago)
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just stop by to smoke igboo...R.I.P
Posted: at 13-04-2012 02:28 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- lanudja at 13-04-2012 02:55 PM (12 years ago)
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So, so sad... RIP
Posted: at 13-04-2012 02:55 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- Tyahaya at 13-04-2012 03:15 PM (12 years ago)
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eeeiya!!! Sad Sad
Posted: at 13-04-2012 03:15 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ajanni at 13-04-2012 05:58 PM (12 years ago)
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may the souls of the dead rest in peace
Posted: at 13-04-2012 05:58 PM (12 years ago) | Grande Master
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- cadanre at 13-04-2012 06:14 PM (12 years ago)
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Quote from: ajanni on 13-04-2012 05:58 PM
may the souls of the dead rest in peace

Amin.
Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:14 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- southpool16 at 13-04-2012 07:52 PM (12 years ago)
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oh no sorry, RIP Cry
Posted: at 13-04-2012 07:52 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- interpo77 at 13-04-2012 08:17 PM (12 years ago)
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CHAI, SO SAD
Posted: at 13-04-2012 08:17 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Senegal at 13-04-2012 08:33 PM (12 years ago)
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Very sad
Posted: at 13-04-2012 08:33 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- Solidstonez at 13-04-2012 09:44 PM (12 years ago)
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oh MY God this is sad, may their soul RIP  Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry
Posted: at 13-04-2012 09:44 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- proly at 13-04-2012 10:44 PM (12 years ago)
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sad news
Posted: at 13-04-2012 10:44 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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- valiente at 13-04-2012 10:47 PM (12 years ago)
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 Cry Cry pele
Posted: at 13-04-2012 10:47 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Shaunie at 14-04-2012 03:23 AM (12 years ago)
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Out of the stories on naijapals 95% na sad stories...Na wa ooo
Posted: at 14-04-2012 03:23 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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- ajanni at 14-04-2012 01:52 PM (12 years ago)
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R I P
Posted: at 14-04-2012 01:52 PM (12 years ago) | Grande Master
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