Ekpoma (Edo) – Two children of the same parents were on Saturday night roasted alive in their sleep at Ekpoma, in the Esan-West Local Government Area of Edo. The children, a female, four-year-old Oyenchi Akamezie and two-year-old Chukwudalo Akamezie, a male, were reportedly burnt when fire from a local lamp engulfed their room at night. It was alleged that the mother of the children, Christy Akamezie, locked them up in the room while asleep and left to prostitute. A crowd of sympathisers who had gathered at the residence on Ilenlua Street, rained curses on the bereaved mother, calling her unprintable names. As at the time of this report, the charred bodies of the children had yet to be evacuated from their one-room apartment, while the Police had arrested their mother for alleged negligence. The father of the children, Mr Chike Akamezie, a trader based in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, who wept uncontrollably, told NAN that though he had been estranged from his ...
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