Two female children of social policy specialist working under the United Nations in Sokoto State, Mr Isah Ibrahim Maru, have died in fire accident.
According to Daily Post, Maru confirmed the incident when the members of the correspondents of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Zamfara Council, paid him a condolence visit.
He recounted that, “I woke up around 5:00 am on Wednesday only to discover over 20 missed calls from my family members.
“Up till this time, nobody can tell the real cause of the fire accident, I was told by my two wives that they were woken up by an unbearable heat caused by flames.
“There was no light in the area as of the time of the incident; in fact, everybody was asleep then, according to the information made available to me.
“My two little female children remained inside the burning rooms as they could not help themselves out.
“There were nine family members, comprising two wives and children in the house and seven of them were lucky to have either struggled out by themselves or helped out by rescuers,” he disclosed.
