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[SHOCKING] Why 21-year-old Man Set Himself Ablaze In Lagos by taurus21: 1:37pm On Jul 03, 2014
A 21-year-old man, Utochukwu Ukandu, set himself ablaze in the Agbado, Egbe area of Lagos State at about 9pm on June 30, 2014, Monday.
On the day of the incident, he was said to have gone into his house, poured kerosene on himself, the bed and the house. After which, he lit a matchstick, setting the whole place ablaze.
His elder brother Ebuka, who saw him setting himself ablaze, was the one who raised the alarm, alerting other residents who called the firemen from the Lagos State Fire Service, Ikotun division.
The firemen were said to have arrived promptly with 10,000 litres of water with which they doused the flames.
They also rescued the victims who luckily survived with a high degree of burns.
According to Punch report, the victim had been telling his parents he was would kill himself out of frustration but nobody gave him a listening ear as they all thought he was joking.
A source said: “Nobody knows exactly why he took that decision. All we know is that he had been telling his parents he would kill himself, but they did not take him serious.”
Confirming the incident, the Director of the state fire service, Rasak Fadipe, urged parents to pay more attention to comments of their children.
He said: “Where a child has been threatening that he would kill himself, it is important that parents take such a child apart for counseling to avert tragedies.” Source : http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Man-on-fire.jpg

Re: [SHOCKING] Why 21-year-old Man Set Himself Ablaze In Lagos by farano(f): 1:45pm On Jul 03, 2014
Fake news grin grin grin You no sabi lie.. Wey dey burning house too na grin grin
Re: [SHOCKING] Why 21-year-old Man Set Himself Ablaze In Lagos by taurus21: 2:00pm On Jul 03, 2014
@farano Fake news grin grin grin You no sabi lie.. Wey dey burning house too na. Lol if you had taken your time to check properly you'd hv noticed I included a source at the end, but am not taking it personally its the Nigerian in You I blame. Picture or I don't believe.

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