Five children were last week killed after their home caught fire in
Abagbo Village, Takwa Bay Island, Lagos, the Police said on Sunday.
The
children identified as Folake Ogundiya, 13, and her eight-year-old
sibling, Abigail; six-year-old Daniel Bakare; Chidima Achomye,
two-year-old Nnamdi Achomye and a-year-old Khadijat were said to have
been burnt beyond recognition in the incident that occurred Tuesday
evening.
According to a statement released Sunday afternoon by
police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), the
children were locked inside the house by one Suliat, in whose care their
mother Florence Asoye left them.
Elkana said Asoye reported the incident around 10:30am on Wednesday, adding that the said Suliat was nowhere to be found.
“The
five children are from the same family. The woman said she left them in
the care of the said Suliat around 6:30pm so she could go to Takwa Bay
Jetty.
“She said by the time she came back, her home was
completely burnt down and the said Suliat locked them in the room and
left to unknown destination. The case is under investigation,” he said.
Similarly, Elkana said the command was investigating the death of a female lodger in Southbound Hotel, Morogbo.
The
female identified as Jessica, was found dead in the hotel around 2pm on
Friday with marks suggestive of strangulation and visible blood stains.
Elkana
said the police received information about a dead lodger and homicide
detectives visited the scene and evacuated the body.
“Homicide
detectives visited the scene. Corpse of the deceased person was found on
the bed facing up, with swollen face and foam-like fluid out of her
mouth. Her throat was knotted with clothes suggesting that she might
have been strangled. “There were blood stains all over the place. The
corpse was evacuated to mortuary for autopsy while the scene was
preserved for forensic analysis.
“The Commissioner of Police
Zubairu Muazu has ordered the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department (SCIID) Yaba to take over the investigation,” he
said.
{Naijafinix.com}
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