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Five-year-old burnt to death in Edo

16:09 Mar 28 2017 Edo, Nigeria

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Ijorbgo Street in Upper Sokponba Road, Ikpobha Okha Local Council was on Sunday thrown into mourning following an unexplained inferno that razed down a bungalow killing a five- year-old boy.

The victim, whose identity could not be ascertained, was said to have been locked inside a room with his younger brother by their father, who hadgone out. But when contacted yesterday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe said he was yet to be briefed on the incident. It was learnt that there was a generating set and a cooking stove in the house but it couldn’t be confirmed if that was the cause of the fire.
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