According to reports, seven persons lost their lives in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, to a raging inferno
allegedly caused by poor storage of fuel.
The inferno occurred about 2 am
at No 33 Ntia Street, off Ekpri Nsukara within the Uyo metropolis.
The inferno claimed the lives of a woman and her three children as
well as three grandchildren of the landlady of the compound.
According to reports, Luck was on the side of the Landlady,
Mandam Monica Effiong and other occupant of the compound as they were
rescued and taken to hospital.
An eye witness, Mr Ekemini Obot, who is
the grandson to the landlady said his wife noticed the fire in the next
compound when she went out to urinate and raised the alarm which
attracted neigbours.
Mr. Obot said his grandmother and
another occupant in the compound were rescued and rushed to the
University of Uyo Teaching hospital for medical attention.
“I am Ekemini James Obot, the grandson
to the land lady who owns this house that has been burnt.
“The incident
occurred around 2 am when my wife went outside to urinate and saw the
fire and raised an alarm so we came outside and met the house burning.
“We noticed that the compound had been sprayed with petrol which helps the fire to burn easily.
Names of those that lost their lives in
the inferno were given as; Daniel Sampson, Helen Sampson Itohoinyene
Sampson all grandchildren to the landlady.
Others included; Nsikak, Queen, Nsisong and their mother Happy, all tenants.
According to him, they suspected the
incident to have been masterminded by a man who had land dispute with
his grandmother and had promised to revenge.
He said the fire service men and the police came to the scene that night but were too late to be of any assistance.
Corpses of the victims were picked by the Police and deposited at a mortuary along Atiku Abubakar Way in Uyo metropolis.
The State Director of Fire Service, Mr
Ndarake Ukpe, said he had been informed of the incident; lamenting that
the residents of the area could not reach the fire service on time
because they did not have the fire service phone numbers.
He said it was the police on patrol
that alerted the firemen of the incident, stressing that his office was
investigating the cause of the inferno.
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