Tragedy as two siblings roasted to death in Kwara

TRAGEDY struck in a Fulani settlement in Ayedun Community, Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State as two siblings were burnt to death while roasting a tuber of yam.

The victims, Husseni Musa and Zainab Musa, aged three and five year old respectively met their untimely death while roasting a tuber of yam in a grass thatched hut where they resided.

Our Correspondent gathered that the guardian of the victims, who had just been discharged from the hospital, was sleeping in another hut when the incident occurred.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the State’s Police Command, DSP Okasanmi Ajayi, said the police team had visited the community to have a firsthand information on the remote and immediate cause of the incident.

Meanwhile, the Transitional Implementation Committee Chairman of Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state, Hajia Kudirat Arinola Lawal, has commiserated with the family of the two kids who lost their lives in the fire incident that occurred at Fulani settlement in Ayedun community of the council.

Lawal, who expressed sadness over the incident, stated that the council would not toy with security of live and property of the people.

She, however, called on the people of the council to be cautious while handling any material vulnerable to fire.