A fire tragedy which happened at a residential building in
Cross River state, has claimed the lives of twin brothers, according to report.
It was gathered that the fire outbreak occurred after the
mother of twins, simply identified as Mrs. Offiong, allegedly sneaked out of
the house by 1:00am to meet her boyfriend last Sunday at the Njahasang area in
Calabar Municipal local government area of the state.
It was scooped that the twins, aged 5 were burnt by a fire
which resulted from an over burnt candle stick while asleep inside their house
when their mother went out to meet her lover. .
According to Calabar Reporters, an eyewitness who narrated
the story said, “The woman had been leaving her house every night to visit her
boyfriend and there was no public power supply.
“She lit a candle stick and left it in the house.
Unfortunately, the candle burnt out and the house went aflame. The children
were burnt to death.
He further alleged that the woman was in the habit of
leaving her house every night to visit numerous male friends adding that when
the incident occurred, people were not happy with her.
“I can’t confirm whether she is a single mother or not but
what I know of her was that those children were twins, boys and five years
each” he stated.
Confirming the story, the Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO) in Cross River State, DSP Irene Ugbo, said that the incident occurred on
Sunday night. “The story we gathered was that she normally leaves her house and spends the night outside. Sometimes it was alleged she slept over at her boy or man friend's home."
Poor kids had the misfortune of coming to the world through an unfit mother.
What adult leaves underage kids alone without supervision?
Mbok! She deserves jail term for indirect murder.
In other news, why wasn't a husband mentioned?
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