Tragedy struck at Umuele Umudim, Nnewi,
Anambra State, on Christmas as four
children of the same parents were roasted
to death by mystery fire in their three-
bedroom apartment on the ground floor of
a storey building when their parents were
not around.
The victims, Chioma Ofomata, 6 years old,
Goodness, and Mercy Ofomata who were
twins, 3, and Ifeoma, 2, all females were
allegedly locked inside the apartment by
their mother, Mrs. Chinemerem Ofomata,
who was said to have gone to have a share
of Christmas rice gift meant for widows in
the community, after her husband, a
vulcanizer, had already gone out to work
with two of their children (boys), Kosy, 8,
and Ebuka, 5.
Father of the victims, Mr. Anthony
Ofomata, 57, said it was around 6pm, on
December 25, that he was returning home
only to see crowd at his residence, which is
isolated from other buildings and,
according to him, it was only his family
that occupied the entire building.
According to him, he saw flames and
sympathisers struggling to destroy the
doors and windows and the iron burglary
proofs to rescue the four children in the
midst of the raging fire to no avail. He said
his wife did not tell him where she was
going to and did not know that the
children were locked inside the house.
Our source said before people could notice
what was happening at the house it was
when flames were already coming out
through the windows indicating that the
children had already been consumed by
the inferno before help could come.
Probably, when they were crying for help,
nobody heard them. The source said when
the door was finally forced open, the
charred bodies of the children were seen
mangled together at one corner of the
house where they had run to possibly
thinking they would be saved there.
Mother of the victims said the door was
actually locked outside to restrict
movement of the children, as she said it
wasn’t the first time the children were
locked inside.
As for what caused the fire, she said she
did not know, adding that there was no
inflammable material inside the
apartment. She said she locked them
inside after having a meal with them and
set out for the sharing. She denied that the
rice was meant for widows alone.
“The rice was meant for everybody, not
widows alone. If you like go and find out. I
don’t know what caused the fire,” she said
when the police led her to the scene of the
incident for investigation after being
arrested.
Bodies of the deceased were later deposited
at a nearby mortuary as mother of the
victims is still telling the police what she
knew about the incident. www.adelove.com/four-children-of-same-parents-roasted-to-death-by-fire-in-anambra/

We should nt only put d blame on d woman. Let us allow God to judge.