GOVT MOURNS SSG'S DAUGHTER, THREE GRANDCHILDREN LOST IN SOKOTO NIGHT FIRE

Read Time:1 Minute, 55 Second

Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Sifawa, the Secretary to the State Government, has received condolences from the Sokoto State Government for the loss of his daughter, three grandkids, and maid in a fire.

Around three in the morning on Monday, Rabi’atu Bello Sifawa, the daughter of the Secretary to the State Government, and her three children—Fatimatu Bello Yusuf, Maryam Bello Yusuf, and Abubakar Sadik Bello Yusuf—as well as a housekeeper named Aishatu Muhammad perished in the fire.

Our correspondent learned that the entire six-bedroom apartment was completely destroyed by the fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning when the family was asleep.

The state fire department’s men were unable to save anything from the house because it had already been completely destroyed.

The house was completely destroyed before the state fire department guys arrived, thus they were unable to recover anything.

Men from the state fire department fought the fire for hours before putting it out, and the cause of the fire is still being investigated.

Sambo Bello Danchadi, the state commissioner for information and orientation, told our correspondent over the phone that the occurrence was a devastating loss for the state.

“The Sokoto State Government and the entire citizens of the state mourn the death of the children and their mother. It is indeed a tragic loss.