How Yinka Odumakin's journey to grave began - wife breaks silence again

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.

She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying about him.

Joe spoke to Punch correspondent at her residence in Lagos.

Yinka, a vocal activist and columnist, died at LASUTH on Saturday from Covid-19 complications.

His wife told The Punch that he was recovering and had asked for his phones and gadgets before he relapsed and died.

She said, “It all started on March 8 when he said he had a series of meetings and appointments to make. But he went to see his physiotherapist and discovered that his oxygen level had dropped.

“After the doctor attended to him, it was discovered that he had COVID-19 and was transferred to the isolation centre at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

“The next day, his oxygen level dropped a bit more and we had to move to the Mainland General Hospital, Yaba. He was put on a ventilator at the hospital. After a few days, he tested negative.

“So, he was moved to the LASUTH Intensive Care Unit. While at the ICU, his kidney, liver and other body parts were okay. The issue was respiratory; he had problems with breathing, which they said was due to his lungs which were affected in the aftermath of the infection.

“I did not share these details because I wanted him to tell the story of his survival, which would have been sweeter, and I was looking forward to that. I never believed that he would die. It’s so difficult for me to use past tense for him after being together for 24 years.

“All of a sudden, I got the news from someone in the US (who sent a WhatsApp message) and I thought that the person did not know what he was saying because I was looking forward to reuniting with him. He (Yinka) had also asked after his son after he regained consciousness. He told me that the first thing he wanted immediately he came out was his Ipad and two phones, and I had them in the vehicle. When I heard that the worst had happened, I was in shock.

“The people with me were telling me that I should not go to see his body, but I refused. I moved in and saw his face was covered; I removed the cloth. I was given gloves. I started saying a lot of things to him, but he did not respond. That was when I knew that comrade was gone.”

President Buhari and a former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, who had been criticised by the late Yinka, were among dignitaries who paid tributes to his memory.

Joe said she wished her husband was alive to read what they said about him.

“It would have been soothing if Yinka was around to see this. At times, we need to celebrate people when they are around; even if they will critique what we have to say and refer to what they had written and said about us. People are following the trend of events and they will be the best judge,” she added.

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''No President who loves his country travels for medical checkup'' - Okey Bakassi slams Buhari

Popular Comedian, Okey Bakassi has slammed President Buhari over his recent trip to the UK for medical checkup.

The comedian in a video via his Instagram account, noted that no President who loves his country or leading a country with substance travels to another country for medical checkup.

He also asked why the President’s doctors cannot be flown in or why the Aso Rock hospital isn’t well equipped.

“No President who loves his country or leading a country with substance travels to another country for medical checkup.

“We have never heard that Australian President, South African President or even the President of Ghana goes to another country for medical checkups.

“It hurts me so much that Nigeria which is known as a giant of Africa doesn’t have a proper medical care system.

“All Buhari does is incur more debts for. Nigeria with his incessant travels. The same money they squander in putting together his medical trip to other countries should be used to set up fully equipped hospitals in the country.

“Theres no equipment that a hospital needs that Nigerian government cannot buy. This is the same government that wants to build railway for Niger republic and refinery of 1.5 billion dollars.

“I think its high time we as individuals in this country wake up,” he said.

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Nigerian father defiles 12-year old daughter because his wife is no more attractive

A 49-year-old man, Ubong Williams Akpan, has reportedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter in Ogun State, saying his wife was no more attractive to him.

Akpan was arrested in April 2 by the police following a report lodged at Itele Ota divisional headquarters by the victim.

The girl had reported at the police station that her father had been abusing her s3xually since when she was seven years.

The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said on Monday that the girl revealed that “this has been going on for the past five years, and when she can no longer bear it, she decided to complain to the police.”

Upon the report, the DPO of Itele-Ota division, CSP Monday Unoegbe, was said to have detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime, claiming that his wife is appearing too old, and she is no longer looking attractive to him,” Oyeyemi said.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to family support unit of Ota area command for further investigation and prosecution, adding that the victim be taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Tragedy as BMW car crashes two-week old baby in pram to death in front of his parents

A two-week-old baby has died after being hit by a car in front of his 'hysterical' parents in Brownhills this afternoon. 

Officers are investigating after a mother and baby were pinned against a wall after a BMW driver careered onto the pavement on Sunday. 

A BMW was involved in a collision on the High Street with another car, before striking the pram at around 4pm.

The young boy was being pushed along the pavement by family at the time and suffered serious injuries.  

He was rushed to hospital but paramedics were unable to save him.

Speaking to the Sun Online, one witness told how the baby's parents were 'hysterical' after the incident, with passers-by attempting to calm them down. 

'All I saw was a car that had pinned a baby in a buggy up a iron gate,' the witness told the publication.   

A relative suffered a shoulder injury but nobody else was injured. 

West Midlands Police say the driver of the car fled the scene. 

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Bloxwich shortly afterwards.  

He has been taken into custody and will be questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

A section of the High Street has been closed to enable our collision investigation unit to carry out enquiries. 

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Nnamdi Kanu reacts to Owerri prison break, says if insurgents can be rehabilitated, no soul deserves to be in prison

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said no one deserves to be in any Nigerian prison when killer herdsmen and Boko Haram militants get arrested, freed and rehabilitated.

Kanu disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Monday morning.

He tweeted, “If Miyetti Allah terror herdsmen & other murderous #Fulani groups, including Boko Haram insurgents, can be arrested, freed and rehabilitated by this neo-colonial Fulanised @NGRPresident, then no single soul deserves to be in any prison in Nigeria. If you know you know! #UGM” 

This comes as many inmates at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Owerri, Imo State were set free by unknown gunmen on Monday morning.

The gunmen also attacked the nearby office of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the state police command, also freeing suspects there.

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Again, IK Ogbonna’s ex shares photos of their grown up son

She recently shared some and now more.

We love ❤️❤️

By the way, their son lives with his mom. You already know... best caretakers are mothers!!!

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Redeploy Oyo CP, she is SLOW and BIASED, Adams tells IGP

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to redeploy the Commissioner of Police in Oyo, Ngozi Onadeko, and bring a sterner CP to the state.

According to the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC leader, the CP is too gentle to handle the security situation in the state.

The Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC leader also called on the inspector-general of police to redeploy her and bring a sterner CP to the state.

Adams in a statement signed and released by his media aide, Kehinde Aderemi, the police boss is also playing politics with sensitive security issues.

He alleged that most of the killer herders and kidnappers apprehended in the Ibarapa area of the state have been released by Onadeko,  that they have gone back to resume their criminal activities in the area.

“Last week, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, expressed concern at the spate of insecurity in the state.

“Therefore, I am appealing to IGP Adamu and the police service commission to redeploy the Oyo CP, who according to my finding is too slow and biased, especially, on sensitive security issues.

“The Oyo state police boss had released many of the kidnappers apprehended by the OPC and other local security operatives and they have returned to their base to perpetrate more crimes.”

He also called on Seyi Makinde, Oyo governor, to cooperate with the IGP to secure the state, stating that intelligence reports at his disposal indicate that kidnappers are already taking positions at Ibarapa.

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Video: Gunmen storm, bomb Owerri prison, State CID

A correctional facility and police investigations department in Owerri, the Imo State capital were reportedly set ablaze by unknown gunmen early this morning.

According to multiple reports, the attackers struck the prison and police department shortly after midnight, freeing an unconfirmed number of inmates and suspects.

According to social media accounts what started as a mere shoot-out which lasted for about three hours, later resulted in a complete breakdown of law and order with people scampering for safety.

A Twitter user, Chidi Odinkalu in a tweet said “Reports of overwhelming attack on security & law enforcement establishments in Owerri, Imo State, SE Nigeria. State CID, Prisons. Perpetrators unclear but seem to have gone unchallenged for over 75 mins with discharge of high-calibre weapons. Possible detonations too.”

''Owerri is in pandemonium right now. State CID on fire 🔥🔥🔥….. prison Inmates seen escaping…. omoh make una stay safe now oo #Owerri'', another twitter user said.

Prisoners on freedom songs as unknown gunmen lights Owerri prison and freed inmates. pic.twitter.com/JHICDPlq9P

— Amaka Ike (@Real_AmakaIke) April 5, 2021

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You didn't speak like a man of God – Presidency fires back at Kukah over Easter message

The Presidency has lambasted the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah over his 2021 Easter homily, saying it is an ungodly attempt to politicise the nation’s security.

Kukah, in his Easter message, had said the greatest tragedy of Buhari’s government is the death of empathy, adding that the government’s clay-footed fight against corruption had not moved the needle of transparency forward.

He said Nigeria, being the poverty capital of the world came with its rewards such as banditry, violence, death, sorrow, blood, poverty, misery, and tears.

Kukah also said they would manufacture consent by creating imaginary enemies, setting citizens against one another by deploying religion, ethnicity, region, and other platforms while appealing to the base emotions of patriotism.

However, a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu noted that Kukah, the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, had said things that were inexplicable in his Easter message.

According to the presidential aide, it is wrong for Kukah to have stated that ”the Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it was in 2015.”

Shehu expressed the belief that Kukah did not speak like a man of God.

He, therefore, urged well-meaning citizens to continue to support the ongoing efforts by the Buhari administration to secure the country and move it forward.

The statement read in part: “But if you profess to being a man of God, as Father Mathew Hassan Kukah does, ideology should not stand in the way of facts and fairness.

“Father Kukah has said some things that are inexplicable in his Easter message.

“But, in saying that the Boko Haram terrorism is worse than it was in 2015, he did not speak like a man of God.

“Kukah should go to Borno or Adamawa to ask the citizens there the difference between 2014 and 2021, Shehu said.

On the hijab controversy in Kwara, which Kukah also touched on, Shehu pointed out that it was “a state matter which the courts of the land had adjudicated on.”

“They are matters that have appeared in several states as far back as the Obasanjo administration. In all of that, when and where did the name of President Buhari feature?

“He (Kukah) is playing partisan politics by dragging the President (Buhari) into it.

“An administration that has created a whole ministry, for the first time in the country’s history, appropriating enormous resources to it, to deal with issues of internally displaced persons cannot, in all rightfulness be accused of not caring for them.

“Some of the comments are no more than a sample of the unrestrained rhetoric Fr. Kukah trades in, which he often does in the guise of a homily,’’ Shehu said.

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Address violent attacks on farmers by armed herders instead of seeking to arrest Igboho, Falana tells FG

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has adduced reason why the Federal Government should leave self-acclaimed activist, Sunday Igboho alone.

He said the nation has lots of issues facing her which must be addressed urgently instead of seeking to arrest Igboho.

Falana, in a statement on Sunday said instead of asking the police to arrest Igboho and possibly detain him, the Federal Government should take urgent steps to address the allegations of lopsided appointments and violent attacks on farmers by armed herders.

He said as a matter of urgency, the Buhari administration should confront the worsening insecurity in the country.

According to him, the war on counter-insurgency should be extended to armed herders and bandits.

Falana stated that at the same time, the crises of youth unemployment and mass poverty should be addressed without any further delay.

He added that the Federal and state governments should implement pro-people’s programmes to discourage Nigerians from campaigning for the balkanisation of the country.

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Kukah reveals greatest tragedy of Buhari’s government in Easter's explosive message

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the greatest tragedy of his government is the death of empathy.

Kukah, in his Easter message added that the Buhari’s government clay-footed fight against corruption had not moved the needle of transparency forward.

He said Nigeria, being the poverty capital of the world came with its rewards such as banditry, violence, death, sorrow, blood, poverty, misery, and tears.

Kukah added that the nation’s cup of sorrow is permanently full; hence the exponential rise in the frustration curve across the country.

“Sadly, human life is haemorrhaging so badly in Nigeria, but the greatest tragedy is the death of empathy from those in power.

“Mysteriously, the government is investing billions of naira in rehabilitating so-called Boko Haram repentant members and their other partners in crime in the belief that they want to turn a new leaf,” he lamented.

According to Kukah, these criminals have waged war against their country, murdered thousands of citizens, destroyed infrastructure and rendered entire families permanently displaced and dislocated.

He asked: “Why should rehabilitating the perpetrators be more important than bringing succour to the victims? When kidnapped or killed, victims and their families are left to their wits. They cry alone, bury their loved ones alone.

“And our government expects us to be patriotic? The victims of violence need empathy, which the dictionary defines as the ability to understand and share the feelings of the other.”

Kukah decried that a critical deficit of empathy on the side of the government made healing almost impossible for the victims, saying that the nation has not heard anything about a rehabilitation programme for the thousands of schoolchildren who had been victims of abduction.

“We seem to assume that their return to their schools is sufficient. Left unaddressed, the traumatic effect of their horrors will haunt them for a long time. Tomorrow’s parents, military generals, top security men and women, governors, senators, and ministers will come from today’s pool of traumatised children,” he added.

He stated that the security quandary was the greatest indictment of this government, stressing that when governments faced legitimacy crises, they fell back on serving the sour broth of propaganda, half-truths, and outright lies.

Kukah said they would manufacture consent by creating imaginary enemies, setting citizens against one another by deploying religion, ethnicity, region, and other platforms while appealing to the base emotions of patriotism.

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Donald Trump sends out Easter wishes – including to ''crazy people who rigged Presidential election''

Former President Donald Trump said “Happy Easter” in his own way on Sunday -- linking his holiday wishes to his claims of election fraud.

“​Happy Easter to ALL, including the Radical Left CRAZIES who rigged our Presidential Election, and want to destroy our Country!​” Trump said in a statement.​

His remarks come a day after he called for his supporters to boycott the companies like Major League Baseball, Coca Cola, Delta that have criticized Georgia’s Republican-led legislature’s new voting laws. ​​MLB said it was pulling ​its All-Star game scheduled for this summer in Atlanta.

“Baseball is already losing tremendous numbers of fans, and now they leave Atlanta with their All-Star Game because they are afraid of the Radical Left Democrats who do not want voter ID, which is desperately needed, to have anything to do with our elections,” ​a statement from Trump on Saturday said.​

“Boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with Free and Fair Elections. Are you listening Coke, Delta, and all!​,” he added.

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Woman who told daughter she was SHOT in April Fools’ prank is arrested by cops for making them waste PRECIOUS TIME finding her ''killer''

The joke is on her.

A Kansas woman wound up in cuffs after pretending she’d been shot as an April Fools’ prank, police said.

Arnthia Willis, 58, allegedly called her daughter Thursday, told her of the “shooting” and then hung up, according to Wichita outlet KAKE-TV.

Alarmed, the daughter called 911, prompting more than 15 cops to respond to Willis’ home in full protective gear with guns drawn and EMS in tow.

Officers broke the door down, but found no one inside, the report said.

They later learned that Willis was actually at work and had allegedly made up the shooting as a joke.

The prankster was arrested on suspicion of an unlawful request for emergency service assistance.

Police Lt. Ronald Hunt said that while April Fools’ jokes can be “good,” when police become involved, “it’s not funny anymore,” the Wichita Eagle reported.

“This is a situation that is very dangerous,” he said.

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Pope Francis in Easter message, slams weapons spending in time of Covid-19

Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic “scandalous”.

Coronavirus has meant this has been the second year in a row that Easter papal services have been attended by small gatherings at a secondary altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, instead of by crowds in the church or in the square outside.

After saying Mass, Francis read his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message, in which he traditionally reviews world problems and appeals for peace.

“The pandemic is still spreading, while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for the poor. Nonetheless – and this is scandalous – armed conflicts have not ended and military arsenals are being strengthened,” he said.

Francis, who would normally have given the address to up to 100,000 people in St. Peter’s Square, spoke to fewer than 200 in the church while the message was broadcast to tens of millions around the world.

The square was empty except for a few police officers enforcing a strict three-day national lockdown.

The pope asked God to comfort the sick, those who have lost a loved one, and the unemployed, urging authorities to give families in greatest need a “decent sustenance”.

He praised medical workers, sympathised with young people unable to attend school, and said everyone was called to combat the pandemic.

“I urge the entire international community, in a spirit of global responsibility, to commit to overcoming delays in the distribution of vaccines and to facilitate their distribution, especially in the poorest countries,” he said.

Francis, who has often called for disarmament and a total ban on the possession of nuclear weapons, said: “There are still too many wars and too much violence in the world! May the Lord, who is our peace, help us to overcome the mindset of war.”

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Hunter Biden convinced father to publicly support relationship with brother’s widow, whom he later split with

Hunter Biden convinced his father in 2017 to give public approval to his relationship with his brother Beau’s widow, saying it would be best for the grandchildren.

“‘Dad,’ I told him, ‘if people find out, but they think you’re not approving of this, it makes it seem wrong,’ ” Hunter Biden wrote in his book, “Beautiful Things,” about his relationship with Hallie Biden, according to Fox News.

At the time, Joe Biden had recently left the White House after serving two terms as vice president for Barack Obama.

Hunter -- who was still married to his estranged wife Kathleen at the time said he and Hallie were “incredibly lucky” that their family supported the unusual liaison after Beau died of cancer in May 2015.

Hunter told his father that his grandchildren would suffer if the former vice president didn’t make a positive statement about the affair.

“‘The kids have to know there’s nothing wrong with this, and the one person who can tell them that is you,'” Hunter pleaded.

That’s when Biden agreed to put out a statement: “We are all lucky that Hunter and Hallie found each other as they were putting their lives together again after such sadness. They have mine and Jill’s full and complete support and we are happy for them.”

Hunter and Hallie later split, and Hunter wrote: “I was madly trying to hold on to a slice of my brother, and I think Hallie was doing the same.”

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Hoodlums bomb Imo Correctional Centre, set hundreds of inmates free

Unidentified hoodlums have set the Imo State correctional centre on fire, freeing hundreds of inmates.

Daily Post gathered that the hoodlums took advantage of the calm atmosphere of Easter to invade the centre at the wee hours of Monday.

This development came after the state Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Mohammed said that he had deployed over 4760 personnel to ensure maximum security during and after the Easter celebration.

It gathered that there was sporadic shooting on Monday morning which lasted for three hours before the centre was bombed.

Owerri residents and commuters who ply the Okigwe road are apprehensive as the situation is degenerating.

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations officer, Orlando Ikeokwu proved abortive as his phone was unavailable at press time.

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Crazy! Woman angry about wait time opens fire into Burger King after becoming enraged [photos]

A Tennessee woman opened fire inside a Burger King drive-thru window after apparently becoming enraged about the wait time, police said.

Surveillance photos show the unhinged customer leaning through the Memphis fast-food joint’s open window while brandishing a black handgun.

In one image, released by cops Friday, the woman holds up the firearm with both hands and aims it inside the drive-thru window.

Cops said the woman pulled up to the restaurant Tuesday and got into an argument with workers because she felt that her order was taking too long to complete.

She then grabbed the gun from her car and fired several shots at the staffers, police said.

The employees fled through a back door and were unharmed.

Cops were searching for the deranged patron. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Memphis and Shelby County Inc., for information that leads to an arrest.

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Singer Quindon Tarver of ‘Romeo+ Juliet’ fame dies in car crash

Singer Quindon Tarver, who gained fame as a child for his performance in 1996’s “Romeo + Juliet,” died in a car accident in Texas, a report said Sunday. He was 38.

His uncle, Willie Tarver, told the Daily Beast that the singer crashed his car into a wall on the President George Bush Turnpike in Dallas early Friday.

Born in McKinney, Tx., on August 4, 1982, Tarver started out singing in church choirs.

He appeared as a choir boy in Baz Luhrmann’s modern adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy, performing covers of Prince’s “When Doves Cry” and Rozalla’s “Everybody’s Free.”

The songs were included on the movie’s soundtrack album, which sold some 2 million copies.

Tarver also appeared in Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” video, and on seasons two and seven of “American Idol.”

In a 2017 interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Tarver said his career stalled after he spoke out about being sexually abused as a child in the music industry.

“I was hurting. I had been molested, I had been raped, I had lost my career, which is what I had dreamed of doing all my life,” he told the outlet.

After coming home to Texas, Tarver said he struggled with drugs, alcohol and suicidal thoughts.

In 2016, Tarver was invited to sing “When Doves Cry” at a Prince tribute in Los Angeles.

He said the performance was a turning point in his life, and motivated him to go to rehab and to resume his singing career.

Tarver released a new version of “Everybody’s Free” the next year, and came out with a single, “Stand Our Ground,” in October 2020.

“He loved everybody,” another uncle, Kevin Tarver, told the Daily Beast about his nephew.

“He loved music since he was young, and singing eventually took him all around the world. That was his passion.”

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Tee Billz shares moment his son Jamil bonded with his elder step-brother [photos]

Tee Billz has shared the moment his two sons met and bonded.

He shared the moments on Instagram and captioned it;

“Blessings on blessings on blessings 💛💛, he captioned the photos.

It is believed Jamil went to spend the Easter break with his dad and then met his brother.

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2 kids burnt to death as fire guts flat in Suleja

Two children, identified as Suraiya, 7, and Habib, 9, were burnt to death after a mysterious fire burnt down a flat at Anguwar Dawaki in Suleja, Niger state.

Daily Trust learnt that the father of the two kids, Alhassan Jibirin Yanji, who sustained various degrees of burns in attempt to rescue his two kids was still receiving treatment at a hospital in Suleja.

A resident, Bashir Ibrahim, said the incident happened in the early hours of Friday, at about 3am when fire gutted the flat in which the victims were living.

He said the two children were sleeping in their room, while their father was sleeping in his bedroom, when he woke up to discover that the entire house was filled with thick smoke.

He said, “Strangely, there was no electricity in the entire Dawaki area as of the time the fire incident happened so one was yet to know the cause of the fire.”

The remains of the two children were later buried according to Islamic rites on Friday morning.

He disclosed that no valuables were retrieved from the house, even as he said the victims’ mother was not at home when the incident happened.

Chaiman of Suleja local government council, Alhaji Abdullahi Maje, confirmed the fire incident saying investigation was ongoing to ascertain the cause of the inferno.

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