Three Boys From Same Parents Die In Fire Incident In Bayelsa (Photo)

The three sons of Mr and Mrs Udoh were
killed in a fire incident at their home in
Bayelsa on January 14th.

Narrating the sad incident to Daily Sun,
Udoh, who is a commercial motorcyclist,
said on the day of the incident, he had
returned from work and had asked his
daughter to buy him some drugs.
He said his wife who sells food had gone
to the market to buy materials she
needed to make Suallu bean cake and
pap, which she sells to residents in the
neighbourhood …
He said after waiting for his daughter
who did not return on time, he decided
to go and look for her and left his three
sons who were asleep at home.
Unfortunately, he locked them inside the
house, hoping to come back on time.
Not long after he left the house,
neighbors started shouting “Fire, Fire”
and running to his house. Before they
could break open the door, the boys had
burnt to death.
Preliminary investigation by the police
concluded that the fire incident was
caused by a lit candle, but residents of
the area held the contrary view that the
fire was a mystery.
One of the neighbours of the family, who
gave her name simply as Josephine, said
nobody could explain how the fire
started because it burnt the two rooms of
the landlord before consuming the house
of the Udohs.
According to her, the fire was so intense
that before people could rescue the
children, they had been burnt to death.
However, she noted that the children
might have been able to escape if the
door was not locked from outside.
The mother of the boys has remained
inconsolable since the incident
happened. When she was visited at her
new apartment, she couldn’t speak at all.
A relative of the Udoh’s, Victoria
Dominic also narrated the sad incident.
She also believes that the fire incident
was mysterious.
“On Thursday around 8 pm, her husband
was in the house, she sells bean cake and
akamu. She went out to buy some
ingredients and collect her phone from
where she used to charge it because she
does not want to use lantern or candle
because of the kerosene in the house.
From there the husband went to check
their first daughter who was sent to buy
drugs.
It was from there they heard shouts of
fire and when they got to the house and
open the door, the three boys inside had
been roasted to death. There was no way
to rescue them. They are in a terrible
state and they are in need of help.
They have nothing left. The husband’s
motorcycle is gone, and all their life
savings are gone too.
The Apostolic church where we are
worshiping has been helping but people
need to come to their assistance and
provide the capital they need to start
their business again.
People are donating clothes to them. We
appeal to the state government and well
meaning Bayelsans to come to their aid,”
she said.
The corpses of the dead sons were
initially deposited at the mortuary of the
Federal Medical Centre for autopsy and
further investigations but the bodies
were later released to the family for
burial.