How Husband, Wife, Grandson Died Mysteriously In Ibadan Inferno
•By Our Reporter
IBADAN – A 60-year-old man, popularly known as Baba Yinusa, his wife and their eight year old grandson, Samuel were burned to death in an early morning Inferno that occured Ori Eru, Idikan, in Ibadan North West Local Government Area, Oyo State, on Friday.
Some of the eye witnesses that shared the heartbreaking details of the incident described it as a very devastated one.They recalled how the victims cried for help but were unable to escape due to a burglary-proofed window, which was their only exit.
They maintained that the intense flames prevented anyone from outside to get close enough to them in order to assist them or even tried to rescue them.
The residents expressed their grief, explaining that the fire was too severe to allow any rescue efforts.
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Mrs Dupe Ajibade said, The incident was a sad incident because those that lost their lives were good person, particularly the wife, she was so lovely and kind.
“The incident happened around 3pm when we heard a loud noise, if not for people in the area that tried their best to curtail the fire, all houses close to the area would have got burnt.
“The house has already being razed before the arrival of the fire fighter, the incident was a great lost, we busted into tears when body of the deceased who were burt to death by the fire body was laid on ground.
“We heard the husband was cooking with hot plate, he slept off during the process, there was light because I charged my phone around 12am in the midnight. Nobody can enter or rescued them because the fire was heavy. The husband, 60 years is a bike rider, while his wife sells provision.”
Bose Ayinde, who also reside inside the same house that got burnt while narrating her ordeal said, “The fire started in the midnight when we have all slept off, we suddenly hear a loud voice “e gba wa o! e gba wa o!, we even thought it was thieves that came to our house, we woke up ourselves that thieves are around unknowingly to us that our house has caught fight.
“When we rushed out, we realised it was a fire, we couldn’t help the victims because the fire was so heavy to the extent that no one can even move close to it, we are very sad because both husband, wife and their grandson got burnt to death.”
Also, Alfa Aliu Omotara, who reside in a house directly opposite the burnt house said, “We suddenly heard the victims shouting fire! fire! in the midnight around 3pm, the fire started from their parlor, all our efforts to rescued them proved abortive.
“NEPA used to give us light between 12:30am to 6:30 in the morning. When the fire started, the victims started shouting for rescue, the couples slept inside the room but the fire started from their parlour, so, there was no other exit for them to go out except through the parlour because the exit in the room has been blocked with loads.
“If the exit door inside the room was free, though the victims belonging would burn but they will escaped, their efforts to escaped through the window proved abortive because of the burglary in the window, the wife died first, the husband and son came to the window shouting for help, we were downstairs looking at them upstairs, but we couldn’t help them because the fire was so heavy that no one can even move close to it.
“Its over 60 years that the house has been built, the owner of the house was a friend to my father. Baba Yunus and his wife are good person, they were easy going, since over 10 year they have been living in this area, no one hear about them fighting.
“The incident was a bitter and sorrowful experience for people in this area. People should be careful with fire, particularly electricity.
•The Nation.