LAGOS — A one and a half year old
child with two of his siblings were,
weekend burnt to death in an inferno
that engulfed a building and a church
in Iba Local Council Development
Area, LCDA, Lagos State, leaving
property worth millions of Naira
destroyed.
Also, two unidentified dredgers got
drowned in a 70-feet domestic well in
Ojo Local Government, Lagos.
The deceased siblings identified as
Imoleayo, Ismaila who is eight years
old and Busayo Ganiyu, were said to
have been sleeping when the fire
started.
The cause of the fire was yet to be
ascertained, but sources said it
started at about 9:30p.m., Friday,
from the victims’ one-room
apartment before spreading to other
rooms.
According to reports, efforts by the
sympathisers to put out the fire
proved abortive, as it later spread to
the Cherubim and Seraphim Church of
Zion at 41, Ogunyemi Street, Sabo
Ilaje, Ajangbadi, Iba LCDA.
Sources said that the mother of the
three siblings, a petty trader, was still
in shock over the death of her
children.
Speaking to Vanguard, Adeyemi
Ayinla, a friend to the late Ismaila,
said that his friend would have been
alive if the neighbours who raised the
alarm saw the fire early enough.
According to him: “We couldn’t get
water early. And when we called the
emergency numbers: 767 and 112,
there wasn’t any response. This I
guess, was due to the network. Before
we could get water to extinguish the
fire, they had already died.”
A teacher in Sabo Oniba Primary
School, Ajangbadi, Iba LCDA, who
spoke under condition of anonymity,
said that Ismaila was a primary three
pupil.
He said: “I can’t believe that he
(Ismaila) is dead. He was in school
on Thursday, his mother also
attended the Parents /Teachers
Association, PTA, meeting in the
school that day.”
Meantime, Vanguard gathered that
the two men who died in a well were
in their late 40′s.
An eyewitness told our correspondent
that the younger dredger was the first
to drown. Effort to rescue him by his
colleague proved unsuccessful and he
also drowned.
Confirming this, the Director of the
Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak
Fadipe who spoke to our
correspondent said that this was part
of the four distress calls they received
from Ojo yesterday.
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It's really Unfortunate. May their Souls Rest in Peace.

RIP. Amen