A lecturer with
the National Open University of Nigeria, Dr Jumoke Odeyemi, was killed in a
fire that gutted her apartment in Ketu, Lagos State.
Odeyemi, who
joined NOUN in 2009, had a doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education from the
University of Ibadan, where she also had her bachelor’s degree in Language and
Literacy and master’s degree in Education.
She was asleep
at her residence on Jemigbon Street, Apollo Estate, Ketu on Thursday, when
power was restored around 2am.
Reports have it
that the victim had bought a 30-litre fuel, the previous day, which she kept in
her balcony. It was gathered that as soon as power was restored, there was a
spark which caught a mosquito net in the two-bedroomed flat, leading to the
fire.
Residents said
they were awoken by the victim’s call for help, adding that in the twinkling of
an eye, the fire reached the jerrycan of petrol and exploded. The deployment of
operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and more than five
water trucks did not save the woman from death.
Her remains has
been deposited in a morgue
Credit: punchng
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