I’m yet to believe my father, 2 siblings were consumed by fire – Daughter

Miss Shukurat Shabi, the surviving daughter of Alhaji Kamorudeen Shabi, who was burnt to death in an overnight fire along with his two daughters, said she was yet to believe her father and siblings were actually consumed by fire.

Tragedy struck at 5 Adebiyi street, Somolu area of Lagos, around 10pm on the night of Wednesday, April 6, when an inferno burnt a father and her two daughters to death. The late Alhaji Shabi’s daughter, Shukurat Shabi, said she could not come to term that the incident happened as she was still shocked by the tragedy.

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“My father was a hardworking man. When it is time for him to be rewarded for his effort towards the progress of transport business in Somolu, he died suddenly. He just bought a bus three weeks ago to complement the one he had before, and it was the same bus he used to siphon the fuel which he filled into the generating set which later caught fire,” she cried.

Shabi’s wife, Rachael, was said to have gone naked when she saw her husband and two daughters, Wuraola and Shakirat burning.

Rukayat Ibrahim, a neighbour, narrated how the tragedy occurred. He said Alhaji Shabi had returned from work and asked his daughter to prepare tea for him.

The obituary of the girl’s father and her two siblings

“As Shakirat put the water on a stove, her father was filling their generator beside her, but they did not know the generator was leaking. Wuraola was standing beside her father with her phone’s light pointing at the generator. That is all I could remember. I don’t even want to think about it. It is a big loss to this community,” he lamented.

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The deceased was said to be a member of the National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW), and was meant to be appointed as the unit Chairman of Onipanu Phase 2, branch of union before his death.

According to NURTW chairman, Bajulaiye Abiodun Unit, Alhaji Sulaiman Allison, he said: “We were together yesterday (Tuesday) at the motor park joking about his inauguration, promising to take care of every one of us who honoured him. I was surprised when I received a phone call about his death. That is why I came to sympathise with his family. His death is a big loss to NURTW family in Somolu. We will miss him.”

It was about two months ago that a similar incident occurred in Ebonyi state, where a mother and her 7 children were killed in a fire accident.

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