Tragedy: Three boys from same parents die in fire incident in Bayelsa(Photos)

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.