February 18, 2025

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Save My Wife, Man Cries After Losing Two Children In Rivers Fire Incident

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Edith CHUKU

The 2-year-old boy who was rescued from a fire out break that burnt his six-month-old sibling to death at Rumuworlu Street in Eneka Clan of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been declared dead.

This is as his mother whose right hand was badly affected by the fire is still battling for her life, amidst the excruciating pain.

The death of the 2-year-old baby Chris and the health condition of his mother was disclosed by his father Mr. Saviour Moses in a telephone Interview with TNN on Saturday.

Recall, that while the six-month-old baby died at the spot of the incident, the little boy and his mother were rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital UPTH for urgent treatment, following severe burns from the fire incident which happened about 7am, on Monday, January 13.

The traumatized father had told our correspondent that though the hospital informed him that his son had 50/50 chances of surviving, but that he was hopeful he would not lose the boy, who was his only surviving child.

According to him, the burns from the fire had affected his kidney, which was said to have led to his death.

The man who lamented that they had lost their apartment, passionately pleaded with well meaning citizens to come to the aid of his wife, who is also in severe pain following the impact of the fire.

He noted that his wife slumped on Thursday and remained motionless for over an hour.

Moses added that he had taken her to three places for treatment, but that her right hand which was badly affected, was still not healing.

Speaking, he said, “my son no survive, him no survive him die.

“We carry am commot from UPTH, we carry am go another hospital, we come carry am go UPTH again them still reject am.

“My wife dey where them dey treat am. Her own still dey worry, worry her. We never get where we go stay.

“Eh get person wey dey treat my wife but the person no dey treat well so we come carry am go another place.

“About three days ago, she fall, faint, she dey like one hour before she wake up, I come carry am go another place. About three people now dey treat am.

“My children don die, two of them, I no wan lose my wife, I dey beg. We no get where to sleep, we go manage but make my wife get herself, make her body well.

“We need money, we need help, make una help me, abeg, make una help me.”

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