5-yr old girl burnt to death in Bayelsa

The sleepy riverside settlement of Ogbogoro in the outskirts
of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was Thursday night
thrown into mourning following the burning to death of a five
year old girl in an inferno.

The deceased child, simply identified as Princess,
eyewitnesses told Saturday Vanguard, was a daughter of a
policeman attached to the Osiama Division of the State Police
Command in Southern Ijaw local government area of the
state.

It was gathered that the inferno which occurred at about
7.30pm was caused by a burning candle.

Saturday Vanguard learnt that at the time of the incident, the
mother of the deceased was in the market selling crayfish
while the father was away at his duty post in the creek of the
state.

It was learnt that the sister to the deceased, who is a Junior
Secondary School (JSS) student, had made use of the candle
light in solving her school homework.

She was said to have left the candle burning and went out to
get some foodstuff for her siblings.

"While she was away, the candle fell and set ablaze the
fabrics on the floor of the room. The deceased and her 7-year
old brother, Henry, were in the room but attempt by the latter
to wake the sister proved abortive," the source said.

Via: Vanguard