Pastor Kenneth Eze; his wife, Favour; and their two
children, Miracle and Marvellous, all died in an early morning fire
suspected to have been triggered by a power surge on Wednesday on
Buraimoh Street, Bariga, Lagos.
According
to Punchng, Kenneth was the pastor in charge of World Harvest Ministry,
Gbagada. The family of four lived inside a shop where Kenneth and his
wife sold drugs and provisions. .
Kenneth
reportedly relocated his family to the shop after he could not raise
money to pay rent for his former apartment. Ikeja Electric restored
power around 2am, which allegedly triggered off the fire in the shop. .
The
victims were said to have been trapped by the two-level security
burglar proof at the entrance of the shop and its extension, leading to
their death. .
Officials of the Lagos
State Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and
policemen from the Bariga division, were said to have responded to the
emergency. .
A LASEMA official was
alleged to have collapsed during the rescue operation. Two other shops
were affected by the inferno before the intervention of firefighters. .
The
two children, Miracle and Marvellous, were said to be aged six and
three respectively. A friend of the victim, Okechukwu Idoko, said he had
discussed with the victim the previous day on the completion of his
(Kenneth’s) house in the Ikorodu.
“He
said he wanted to lay the tiles on the floor, and I advised him to put
certain things in place first. That was our last discussion before he
died,” he said. Via: Punchng
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