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| Winifred Okey |
When in November 2012, Winifred Okey,
received a call-up letter to begin her National Youth Service Corps
programme in Rivers State, she was extremely happy. This was because she
wanted to be posted there so that she would be close to her friends,
who were staying there.
The 23-year-old graduate’s happiness was
however cut short after she was...
set ablaze at the corper’s lodge in
Asari Toru Local Government by her ex-boyfriend.
It was learnt that Winifred, a graduate
of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was in
her room in company with her roommate when her ex-boyfriend set their
room ablaze.
Our correspondent, who spoke to members of her family in Lagos, learnt that the incident occurred on July 19, 2013.
A member of the family, who wished to
remain anonymous, said, “Winifred was the first child of the family. She
has a younger sister, Ruth. We were all in Lagos when we received a
call from NYSC that Winifred was in a critical condition so her parents
travelled to Rivers State immediately.
“We learnt that her former boyfriend in
the university, went to her room at night, emptied a keg of petrol on
the door and set the building on fire. Other residents rushed to the
scene and were able to rescue Winifred and her roommate, but Winifred
had been badly burnt.
“They were rushed to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.”
It was learnt that Winifred’s parents
stayed with her at the hospital till July 31, 2013, when the graduate of
Home Economics died due to the burns she had sustained.
Culled - Punch
Sad!
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