A 42-year-old mother, Blessing
Arigi-Osakwe died on Sunday of injuries sustained while attempting to
save her two children from an inferno in Sokoto.
While attempting to save her two
children from a fire outbreak in Sokoto on Saturday, a 42-year-old
mother identified as Blessing Arigi-Osakwe, died on Sunday as a resulf
of injuries sustained during the inferno.
According to a report by News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), the two children who were identified as the woman’s
9-year-old son and nephew, died after the bid to save them by their
courageous woman failed. Their bodies were recovered in the early hours
of Saturday, their mother later died on Sunday.
The fire at their home along Trade Fair, Old Airport area of Sokoto, was said to have been caused by an electrical fault.
A source said the deceased mother,
alongside her husband and two older children, had initially escaped from
the fire unhurt. However, the woman said to have later made a brave and
desperate attempt to save the younger children who were still trapped
inside the burning house.
According to eyewitnesses, the burning
roof suddenly collapsed on the woman as she attempted taking the
children to a safer place.
Confirming the story to a correspondent, the spokesman of the Teaching Hospital, Tijjani Saddique, said;“the
two children were brought into the Trauma Centre of the hospital on
Saturday dead. However, their mother died at the hospital on Sunday,” he said.
The remains of the three deceased
persons had since been deposited at the morgue of the Usman Danfodiyo
University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, while the two other children were
receiving treatment
When contacted, the Director-General of
the State Fire Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Dingyadi, told NAN that the
incident was not reported to the department.
”Our personnel only attended to a fire incident along Offa road, Sokoto on Friday and there was no casualty,” he said.
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