65-Year-Old Woman Burnt To Death By Cultists In Lagos

65-year-old woman burnt to death by cultists in
Bariga, Lagos being taken away by LASEMA
officials on Saturday, 23 Jan. 2016
A 65-year-old woman has been burnt to death at
Bariga area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, as
cultists set a bungalow ablaze during gang war.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the bungalow located
at 19, Oshinfolarin Street, Bariga was set ablaze
by some hoodlums suspected to be cult
members
The arsonists were said to be on a reprisal
attack at about 9:00am on Saturday.
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency, Michael Akindele
confirmed the incident.
He said the agency's Emergency Response
Team, ERT, along with the Lagos State Fire
service, Lagos Ambulance Services, LASAMBU;
State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit,
SEHMU and the Nigeria police from Bariga
divisional police station, responded to the
distress call.
He said information revealed that the cultist had
been terrorising the area since Friday before
attacking the affected building this morning,
trapping the occupants inside and setting the
building on fire.
"A 65-year-old woman known as Adejoke
Adefuye was burnt beyond recognition in one of
the rooms. She was the only mortality recorded
and has been taken to morgue by SEHMU. Other
occupants of the building sustained minor
injuries that have been treated by LASAMBUS.
"However, the whole occupants of the building
have been displaced and might need urgent
temporary shelter. The inferno was finally put
out at 11:55am," he said.
The LASEMA boss said that proper investigation
would be carried out by security operatives on
the incident, advising Lagosians to assist the
police with necessary information.