Family of 7 to BURNT to Death by mysterious Fire in Benue Nigeria

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A family of seven were reportedly burnt to death beyond recognition in a mysterious fire that engulfed their home at Ayankor, Gboko East, in Gboko local government area of Benue state at the early hours of Friday, Vanguard reports.

An  eyewitness says the fire  started at about 1am, engulfed the block of three flats, killing a man and his wife, Mr. And Mrs. Lawani Oye and their five children.Lawani Oye was said to be a popular automobile panel beater in Gboko while his wife was also a known business woman in the neighborhood..

According to her statement, “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.

“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.”


Credit: Vanguard