Posted by Samuel on Thu 09th Jan, 2025 - tori.ng
Eyewitnesses at the scene said the inferno occurred while the woman and her only son were in a deep sleep on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
A midnight fire has claimed the lives of 24-year-old Jumai Sunday and her 18-month-old son, Nasir Rabiu, in a house at the Kugbo furniture market in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory.
Eyewitnesses at the scene said the inferno occurred while the woman and her only son were in a deep sleep on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
According to them, the bodies were discovered by neighbours and sympathisers in their efforts to rearrange the properties after firefighters had finished controlling the situation.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the police officer in charge of Karu division in Abuja, Lakur Langyi, said his men received distress calls at midnight on Wednesday from the area and moved to the scene and discovered a woman and her son burnt to d3ath.
He said the source of the fire was yet to be ascertained but the police have since commenced an investigation into the matter.
“Yes, there was a fire incident in Kugbo at a place called Bakasi, my men got distress calls at midnight Wednesday and moved to the area, they discovered a woman, identified as Jumai Sunday with her one-and-a-half-year-old boy burnt to d3ath,” he said.
"My men have since commenced an investigation into the matter, they are currently in the area”
The woman was from Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
She and her son have since been buried in Kugbo cemetery off Abuja-Nyanya -Keffi Expressway.