A pregnant woman and her two children have died in a fire incident at
Umuoffor Village, Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer,
confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Onitsha on
Wednesday.
Mohammed said that the victims were at their residence when
the incident occurred.
Narrating the incident, he stated: “On March 19, at about 7:30 pm, there was a
fire at Umuoffor Village, Okija, at the residence of one Maxwell Okeke.
“As a result, his pregnant wife, Mrs Nwazuru Okeke, and two
children: Chidi (2) and Makuo (1) were trapped in the inferno and burnt beyond
recognition.
“Police detectives attached to Okija Division visited the
scene and the fire was put off with the assistance of local volunteers in the
area.”
Mohammed, who said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Rabiu Ladodo, had ordered full-scale investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.
