Musa (six), Monsurat (12) and Latifat (nine) were involved in the incident.
Latifat escaped from the fire through the bus window, but her siblings suffered severe burns.
Musa was among the five children confirmed dead by the management of UCH last Thursday. Monsurat died around 7.45pm on Friday.
Mr Abdulrasak, who confirmed the death of his oldest child, Monsurat, said: “I want to inform you sir that Monsurat is dead. We buried Musa yesterday. Now I will go home again to bury Monsurat. I have been monitoring her since Wednesday. She spoke with the governor when he came to the hospital on Thursday, but my daughter could not survive. I lost two children out of my three children. I am finished.”
Abdulrasak had earlier narrated how his daughter, Latifat escaped from the fire through the window of the bus.
According to him, Latifat broke the window of the bus when she realised that she and other pupils had been trapped.
“She got down from the window and was shouting for help. She later ran to my father’s house, which is just a stone throw to Iyana-Church, the spot of the unfortunate fire incident, to alert him that her other siblings and other pupils were being burnt in the fire,” he said.
The school’s proprietress, Mrs Oke Ejemuta, who is said to have suffered a shock, is being treated at the same hospital.
A source said Mrs. Ejemuta deposited N300, 000 to the hospital for the treatment of the children.
The Police said they would prosecute Oyedele, the driver of the bus, for alleged negligence.
The driver whose son, Usman was among the pupils, who got sustained burns, was also admitted at the emergency unit of UCH.
But Police Commissioner Yabo Mohammed, who visited the hospital, explained that the driver would be prosecuted, insisting that it was his carelessness that led to the tragedy.
According to the police boss , the incident has sent a very bad signal to all security agencies on the need to monitor vehicles plying the road and check their road worthiness, adding that a mobile court would be set up to check the anomalies.
“This is clearly a case of sheer carelessness on the part of the driver. I understand the driver bought fuel and somehow along the line, the vehicle caught fire. Before you leave your house every morning, you ought to check your vehicle and ensure that everything is working perfectly before going on the highway. Once you are on the highway and the vehicle develops a problem, it’s not only dangerous to you but to other road users. I think this is carelessness. So, if the driver is still alive, he will surely be charged.”
via The Nation
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